Regional political climate’s moderating role in the association between political conservatism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States

Rachel E Dinero, William B Monti and Brittany L Kmush

PLOS ONE, 2026, vol. 21, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: There is an emerging body of evidence linking political conservatism and conservative political climate in the United States to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake. The goal of the present research was to examine how political climate moderates the relationship between self-reported political conservatism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake. We collected online survey data from 683 participants between March 8 and April 19, 2023. Controlling for age, education, income, and race, there was an interaction between political conservatism and conservative political climate for both vaccine and booster hesitancy (β = .07, p = .03; β = .12, p

Date: 2026
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