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- Title
Professional Societies, Political Action Committees, and Party Preferences.
- Authors
Bernstein, Steven L.; Barsky, Carol L.; Powell, Eleanor
- Abstract
Societies representing physician specialties and other health care personnel commonly have political action committees (PACs). These PACs seek to advance their members’ interests through advocacy and campaign contributions. We examined contribution data for healthcare workers’ PACs from the 2010 to 2012 election cycles and found that higher annual income was strongly associated with greater giving to Republican candidates. Patterns of giving may offer insights into various medical workers’ party preferences, political leanings, and views of health care reform.
- Subjects
INCOME; MEDICAL societies; POLITICAL participation
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, Issue 1, pe11
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302292