College roommates have a modest but significant influence on each other’s political ideology
- aDepartment of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
- bDepartment of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215;
- cDivision of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
- dProfessor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 2, 2020 (received for review July 23, 2020)

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- aDepartment of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
- bDepartment of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215;
- cDivision of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
- dProfessor of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 2, 2020 (received for review July 23, 2020)
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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.
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