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The term 'pol'al soc'ization' is less than 2 decades old, but has come to be applied to the intellectual interests of a large number of students of pot. This term appears to be used in a variety of senses by diff writers. One of the commonly made assertions about the shortcomings of pol'al soc'ization res results from definitional confusion & several others result from unrealistic expectations about what in principle ought to be expected from such inquiry. It is possible to stipulate circumstances under which pol'al soc'ization res (in the several senses of the term) is more or less likely to be rewarding. IPSA.

An addendum to SA 1939/F7536. It is inappropriate to ask whether a soc background is 'more important' than a psychol'al predisposition in accounting for some aspect of pol'al or soc behavior. Rather, soc background & psychol'al variables should be analyzed in terms of developmental sequences, with the former influencing the latter & the latter mediating behavior. This means that multivariate procedures of partial Y's cannot be used atheoretically, since there is nothing in such statistical procedures which distinguishes among classes of varinhles TPSA.

The rapid growth of American suburbs has increased their pol'al importance. These heavily Republican (Rep) areas contribute increasing proportions of the vote in many states. If the subUr Rep vote is made up only of normally Rep city-dwellers who have moved, the state-wide party balance will not be affected. However, some writers hypothesize that moving to the suburbs involves changes in environment & status which convert Ur Democrats (Dem) to subUr Rep's. Analysis of the Survey Res Center's national sample in the 1952 presidential election shows that within each educ'al, income & occup'al level suburbanites tend to be more Rep than city residents. SubUr union members & Dem's are both more likely than their city counterparts to associate with Rep's. The small number of recent arrivals to the suburbs in the sample were much more likely than long-term residents to be Dem's. This suggests that some conversion occurs. AA-IPSA.