Political Considerations in Nonpolitical Decisions: A Conjoint Analysis of Roommate Choice

摘要: Research shows the increasing tendency of partisan considerations to influence decisions outside context politics, including residential choice. Scholars attribute this affective distaste for members other party. However, little work has investigated relative political and nonpolitical factors in these situations—and it not sufficiently ruled out alternative explanations phenomena. Do people mainly choose socially avoid party reasons, or is partisanship simply perceived be correlated with relevant considerations? In some settings, affiliation may serve primarily as a cue factors. As result, studies that manipulate but fail include individuating information exaggerate partisanship’s importance decisions. To address shortcoming, I assess impact on roommate selection via conjoint analysis. find strongly influences social decision even presence nonpolitical-but-politically-correlated information. Partisan preferences are also moderated by roommates’ levels interest. Finally, traits do matter, how they matter depends partisanship. Specifically, partisans report increased willingness live counter-stereotypic out-partisans. This suggests divides more easily bridged individuals cross-cutting identities.