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Partisanship runs deep in America - even among 'independents'

  • Written by Christopher Devine, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
Dolly the elephant and Dottie the donkey.AP Photo/Bob Schutz

In voting, it doesn’t really matter which party you register with on paper.

Besides, 18 states don’t even register voters by party. What really matters is what political scientists like myself call your “political identity” – your psychological attachment to...

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