Abstract:The party identification of individuals is influenced by various factors. The two models of party identification i.e., the expressive model and the instrumental model signify the long-term and short-term socio-political factors respectively. The study hypothesizes that the long-term factors i.e., family socializing factor, peer group, and religious group affiliation significantly affect the party identification of the individuals in Peshawar valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. The study is … Show more
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