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College roommates have a modest but significant influence on each other’s political ideology

View ORCID ProfileLogan Strother, View ORCID ProfileSpencer Piston, Ezra Golberstein, View ORCID ProfileSarah E. Gollust, and View ORCID ProfileDaniel Eisenberg
  1. aDepartment of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
  2. bDepartment of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215;
  3. cDivision of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
  4. dProfessor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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PNAS January 12, 2021 118 (2) e2015514117; first published December 21, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015514117
Logan Strother
aDepartment of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
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  1. Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 2, 2020 (received for review July 23, 2020)

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vol. 118 no. 2 e2015514117
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015514117
PubMed: 
33419923

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue January 12, 2021.
  • Published online January 8, 2021.
  • Published first December 21, 2020.

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  1. Logan Strothera,1,
  2. Spencer Pistonb,
  3. Ezra Golbersteinc,
  4. Sarah E. Gollustc, and
  5. Daniel Eisenbergd
  1. aDepartment of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
  2. bDepartment of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215;
  3. cDivision of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
  4. dProfessor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
  1. Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 2, 2020 (received for review July 23, 2020)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: lstrothe{at}purdue.edu.
  • Author contributions: E.G., S.E.G., and D.E. designed research; E.G. and D.E. performed research; L.S., S.P., E.G., and D.E. analyzed data; and L.S., S.P., and S.E.G. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no competing interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at https://www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.2015514117/-/DCSupplemental.

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