I’m too lazy/busy to answer your for myself, but I’d like to know if they tested to see if the location near family was causative of these attitudes. That’s how the little article reads but it doesn’t say anything about controlling for all the existing stuff that contributes to geographic areas of conservatism.

I’m sure there’s a huge rural vs urban aspect to it.

Are you willing to go to war for your country? Do you support the death penalty? Do you feel connected to and trust people in your community? The answers to these questions are all connected to whether you live around family, researchers say.