Ideology, party institutionalization, and COVID-19 vaccine choice

Abstract Although vaccines are one of the most effective methods by which a government can manage a pandemic, as they significantly reduce the risk of serious illness or death from deadly diseases, for a variety of reasons, many people oppose vaccinations. In this article, I specifically examine the impact of ideology has on vaccine choice, conditional on party institutionalization in a country. Conservative ideology should have the strongest negative impact on vaccine choice in the countries wi