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A distinction is to be made between class voting and class politics. Class politics emphasizes the influence of economic position on party allegiance. This view rests, in part, on a shared sense of class consciousness and a pattern of the party that most attends to one’s economic interests. Class politics is most clearly associated with Western European nations that have strong, stable labor and other class-based parties. Class voting, most closely associated with the United States, is less rigid, providing the prospect of shifting alliances, new coalitions, and realignment. This chapter reviews the existing research on the impact of social class on political participation, interest, knowledge, efficacy, communication, and partisanship in the United States. It considers the ways in which socializing agents can influence the political socialization process for individuals with different socioeconomic identities. The chapter concludes by returning to consider the continuing significance of social class in the political socialization of American citizens.

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