Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
Party ID represents an individual's affiliation with or loyalty to a political party, often shaping their political attitudes and voting behavior. It is one of the most stable identifiers in predicting how a person will vote.
Related terms
Political socialization: The process by which individuals learn and frequently adopt their political beliefs and values from family, schools, friends, and media.
Partisan polarization: The situation where there is an increasing ideological distance between political parties, often leading to gridlock in the legislative process.
Voting behavior: Refers to the patterns in how people decide who they are going to vote for in an election, influenced by personal characteristics, party identification, and current events