Personality Traits by Ideology - Research

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Most of their findings don't have much of a "gee whiz" factor, but nonetheless interesting.

The researchers found that libertarians had the most "masculine" psychological profile, while liberals had the most feminine, and these results held up even when they examined each gender separately, which "may explain why libertarianism appeals to men more than women."

Matt Ridley on Libertarians | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty -Thomas Jefferson