Professional Societies, Political Action Committees, and Party Preferences

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ID11017283
AuthorsSteven L Bernstein (0000-0002-9964-7036, Steven L. Bernstein is with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Carol L. Barsky is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, and the Yale–New Haven Hospital. At the time of the study, Eleanor Powell was with the Department of Political Science and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University.), Carol L Barsky (Steven L. Bernstein is with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Carol L. Barsky is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, and the Yale–New Haven Hospital. At the time of the study, Eleanor Powell was with the Department of Political Science and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University.), Eleanor Neff Powell (0000-0002-1615-3066, Yale University), Eleanor Powell (Steven L. Bernstein is with the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Carol L. Barsky is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, and the Yale–New Haven Hospital. At the time of the study, Eleanor Powell was with the Department of Political Science and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University.)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue1
Pagese11-e14
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302292
PMID25393192
OpenAlexW1985838422
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

Societies representing physician specialties and other health care personnel commonly have political action committees (PACs). These PACs seek to advance their members’ interests through advocacy and campaign contributions. We examined contribution data for health care workers’ PACs from the 2010 to 2012 election cycles and found that higher annual income was strongly associated with greater giving to Republican candidates. Patterns of giving may offer insights into various medical workers’ party preferences, political leanings, and views of health care reform

Action (physics) · Political action · Political science · Politics · Professional association · Public relations · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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