Social Identity and Voting Behavior in a Deeply Divided Society
The Case of Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13024023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rami Zeedan (0000-0002-1098-1856, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 177-177 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2075-4698 • E-ISSN: 2075-4698 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/soc14090177 |
| OpenAlex | W4402407936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 65 |
This paper examines what best explains political behavior in a deeply divided society. Despite the democratic nature of the Israeli political system, we suggest that Israel’s society is characterized by social affiliations mainly defined by social identity that include race, ethnicity, and religion and amount to tribalism. Based on the results of the 2020 election, we examined whether these social affiliations or other socioeconomic characteristics better explain voting behavior. First, we found a significant correlation between tribalism and voting behavior in Israel and socioeconomic characteristics and voting behavior in Israel. When comparing tribalism’s correlation versus other socioeconomic characteristics, we found that the correlation between tribalism and voting behavior in Israel trumps the correlation between socioeconomic characteristics and voting behavior in Israel, except for the Ashkenazi Jews. In other words, voting behavior is better explained by affiliation to the social group, that is, by kinship, race, ethnicity, and religion, than by other socioeconomic characteristics such as education level, economic status, or geographic location. This extends the idea of “in-group favoritism”
Democracy · Ethnic group · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social group · Social identity theory · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Tribalism · Voting · Voting behavior · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |