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Ojeda, C., & Hatemi, P. K. (2015). Accounting for the child in the transmission of party identification. American Sociological Review, 80, 1150–1174.

Summary: As agents of socialization, parents actively shape the identity of their children. The authors argue that children learn their political party affiliations from parents through a two-step socialization process, perception, and adoption, for party identification.