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THE EXTENT OF INTERGENEPATHLONAL PARTISAN TRANSFER IN WEST GERMANY WITH THE IMPACT OF SOCIOEONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS IS DEALT WITH. FAMILY SOCIALIZATION EXPWERIENCES EFFECT ON THE TRANSMISSION OF PARENTAL PARTISANSHIP ARE DISCUSSED.

Party identification is considered the most stable analytic variable in researching US electoral politics. However, the defining properties of this variable frequently are not replicated in electoral studies in democratic systems abroad. After reviewing explanations offered for this cross-system variability, investigated is the impact of the size of the party system on an individual's party identifications. It is hypothesized that voters in multiparty systems see parties other than their own as politically distant from their own views. This hypothesis is confirmed, based on electoral data from France, West Germany, the Netherlands, & Norway. 1 Table, 1 Figure. Adapted from the source document.

Data from 6 surveys of NJ residents conducted between 1976 & 1978, covering approximately 6,000 respondents, & from voting results in 40 legislative districts, together with other statistical data aggregated at this level, are analyzed to determine the effects on partisanship of various factors. Both individual & contextual variables are significant determinants of partisanship, but contextual variables are more significant. 5 Tables. W. H. Stoddard.