Replication Data for: The Political Meaning of Dining Out:

The debate arisen around the weakening of the traditional cleavages’ heuristic power in explaining vote suggests considering the role of lifestyles in designing politically meaningful social aggregates. We investigated the relationship between lifestyle and voting behavior, establishing the degree to which this relationship traces the effect of the socio-structural categories (e.g. social class) or is, at least in part, independent from them. Through a k-means clustering, we individuated a typology of four Italian lifestyles; we showed its relation to socio-demographic features and its ability to discriminate participants’ political attitudes. The subscription to each lifestyle was significantly associated with voting behavior, net of the variance accounted for by the traditional cleavages. Theoretical implication and further direction of research are discussed.围绕传统分化在解释投票行为时的启发力减弱所引发的学术争论，提示我们应当关注生活方式在构建具有政治意义的社会聚合体中的作用。本研究针对生活方式与投票行为间的关联展开探究，明确了该关联在多大程度上沿袭了社会结构范畴（如社会阶层）的影响，或是至少在部分层面独立于这些范畴。通过k均值聚类（k-means clustering），我们确定了四类意大利式生活方式的类型学；研究证实了该类型与社会人口学特征的关联，以及其区分受访者政治态度的能力。在剔除传统分化所解释的方差后，对各类生活方式的认同仍与投票行为存在显著关联。本研究讨论了其理论启示与后续研究方向。