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Sci Adv. 2021 Jan 06;7(2). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7204. Print 2021 Jan.

Partisan pandemic: How partisanship and public health concerns affect individuals' social mobility during COVID-19.

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J Clinton, J Cohen, J Lapinski, M Trussler

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  1. Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. [email protected].
  2. Survey Monkey, Menlo Park, CA.
  3. Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  4. Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 33310734 PMCID: PMC7787499 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7204

Abstract

Rampant partisanship in the United States may be the largest obstacle to the reduced social mobility most experts see as critical to limiting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing a total of just over 1.1 million responses collected daily between 4 April and 10 September reveals not only that partisanship is more important than public health concerns for explaining individuals' willingness to stay at home and reduce social mobility but also that the effect of partisanship has grown over time-especially among Republicans. All else equal, the relative importance of partisanship for the increasing (un)willingness of Republicans to stay at home highlights the challenge that politics poses for public health.

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