Political traits such as ideology and voting behavior have heritable components. Genes influence the personality traits that lead people to prefer certain political parties and vote in certain ways. These studies describe the role of genetics in shaping political beliefs.
A genome-wide analysis of liberal and conservative political attitudes. (Link)
Are political orientations genetically transmitted? (Link)
Beyond liberals and conservatives to political genotypes and phenotypes. (Link)
Biology, Ideology, and Epistemology: How Do We Know Political Attitudes Are Inherited and Why Should We Care? (Link)
Biology, politics, and the emerging science of human nature. (Link)
Choosing sides: The genetics of why we go with the loudest. (Link)
Do heritability estimates of political phenotypes suffer from an equal environment assumption violation? Evidence from an empirical study. (Link)
Friendships moderate an association between a dopamine gene variant and political ideology. (Link)
Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Attitudes over a Life Time. (Link)
Genetic configurations of political phenomena: New theories, new methods. (Link)
Genetic variation in political participation. (Link)
Heritability in political interest and efficacy across cultures: Denmark and the United States. (Link)
Is there a “party” in your genes? (Link)
Left or right? Sources of political orientation: The roles of genetic factors, cultural transmission, assortative mating, and personality. (Link)
Not by twins alone: Using the extended family design to investigate genetic influence on political beliefs. (Link)
Partisanship, voting, and the dopamine D2 receptor gene. (Link)
Sense of Control and Voting: A Genetically‐Driven Relationship. (Link)
The CHRNA6 Gene, Patience, and Voter Turnout. (Link)
The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences. (Link)
The Heritability of Foreign Policy Preferences. (Link)
The heritability of partisan attachment. (Link)
The origins of political attitudes and behaviours: An analysis using twins. (Link)
Toward a Modern View of Political Man: Genetic and Environmental Sources of Political Orientations and Participation. (Link)
Two genes predict voter turnout. (Link)
