Partisanship and Covid-19 vaccination in the UK.

ABSTRACT: This article examines the association between partisanship and vaccination in the UK. The lower vaccination rates among Republicans in the US have been linked to ideology and President Trump's anti-vaccination rhetoric. By contrast, both ruling and opposition parties in the UK promoted the national vaccination program. Using two datasets at constituency and individual levels, we analyse whether there are partisan differences in uptake when vaccination garners cross-party support. Our findings contrast in important ways from the US case. First, the correlation between partisanship and vaccination is the opposite to that of the US: both Conservative constituencies and individuals are associated with higher vaccination rates than Labour across almost all age groups. Thus, right-leaning indivi

SUBMITTER: Klymak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature