… I examine three cases of government vaccine recommendations – Smallpox in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, and measles in 2015. In the first case, the president, George W. Bush, was a Republican. In the latter two, the country was governed by a Democratic administration. Using survey data, I test whether the part[y] of the president has an influence on partisan beliefs in vaccine safety and on their reported willingness to vaccinate. In all three cases, presidential co-partisans (Rs under Bush; Ds under Obama) were more likely to believe that the recommended vaccine was safe, and more likely to vaccinate than Independents or presidential out partisans. CONT.
Masha Krupenkin (Boston College), Political Behavior
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