Identity and Symbolic Universes in Voting Behavior. A study of the Italian society
This study analyses the role played by identity motives and cultural worldviews in voting
behavior. For this purpose, a representative national sample of Italian (N= 3020)
respondents completed a questionnaire battery, measuring political values, identity values,
attitude towards immigrants and perceived identity threat, as well as cultural worldviews
(symbolic universes). These variables were used in a model with the vote intention of
respondents as an outcome variable, political values, identity motives and socio …
behavior. For this purpose, a representative national sample of Italian (N= 3020)
respondents completed a questionnaire battery, measuring political values, identity values,
attitude towards immigrants and perceived identity threat, as well as cultural worldviews
(symbolic universes). These variables were used in a model with the vote intention of
respondents as an outcome variable, political values, identity motives and socio …