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June 9, 2010

Personality predicts political preferences

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There is a strong relationship between a voter's politics and his personality, according to new research.

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February 25, 2010

Liberals and atheists smarter? Intelligent people have values novel in human evolutionary history, study finds

Higher intelligence is associated with liberal political ideology, atheism, and men's (but not women's) preference for sexual exclusivity. More intelligent people are statistically more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to human evolution. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity corre

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December 16, 2009

Personality Traits and Political Attitude

The relationship between personality and political preferences is not the simple relation between conservatism and negative personality traits on the one hand and liberalism and positive personality traits on the other hand. Personality is understood as the combination of innate dispositions and personal experiences that guides behavior in a stable and predictive manner. Behavior is [...]Related

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