Voting as a Family? Investigating Differences in Political Preferences Within Households in Delhi

• In Event: Vote Choice, Turnout, and Candidate Nomination in South Asia

Brief Overview

We investigate the conventional wisdom that households in India vote as a bloc. Using an original survey, we find considerable differences in political preferences and vote choice among members of the same household in Delhi.

Authors

• Franziska Roscher, New York University

• Rahul Verma, Centre for Policy Research