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Ivy Schlosser

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One of the most significant dividing lines in American politics today is between those with and without a college education. Past research contributes college with affecting a liberal shift in college attendees' political attitudes and explains how the power of religiosity imposes significant predispositions that pull extreme believers toward conservative ideology alignment. However, the literature fails to address how one's religiosity interacts with the influences of a college education. I posit that the greater one's religiosity, the less likely he/she is to become more liberal as a result of a college education. In this model, religion's foundational beliefs and influence are engaged in a "tug-of-war" pulling against the liberal push of college, fighting over an individual's political ideology transformation. Using data from the 1965 and 1973 waves of the ICPSR's Youth Parent Socialization Panel Study, I evaluate this hypothesis through a series of linear regressions. I find that as college does influence liberal political ideology change, religiosity does not affect any significant movement nor interact with college to moderate college's liberal effect.  Were Low-Production Prefectures More Adversely Affected by Japan's Rice Reduction Policy? Sammy Schmidt

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UC Davis / Political Science / 2025

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