Partial index of psychological studies of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates, foreign leaders, and leading terrorist figures conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics.
Summary: The Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP) ‘Media Tipsheet’ offers political reporters looking for a fresh story angle a sometimes unique, often unconventional perspective on politics.
By Dan Balz The Take February 8, 2012 Excerpts In the aftermath of Rick Santorum’s clean sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney is...
Professor-Created Models Predict Obama Will Barely Win 2012 Election By Emily Wilkins Scripps Howard Foundation Wire October 17, 2012 WASHINGTON — Fluctuating polls aren’t...
Summary: A psychological profile of U.S. President Barack Obama, developed at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics during Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, reveals that the president is a highly confident, moderately accommodating and deliberative, somewhat reserved personality type best described as a confident conciliator. Specifically, Obama is primarily an Ambitious/confident personality, complemented by secondary Accommodating/cooperative, Conscientious/respectful, and Retiring/reserved features. Obama’s personality profile provides a stable framework for anticipating his likely leadership style as president, as outlined in this report of how Obama will govern, if reelected.
Why Mitt Romney Won’t Win Aubrey Immelman May 12, 2011 NBC News’ political director Chuck Todd writes that if the object of 2012 Republican presidential contender...
The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated) By Bryan Walsh Magazine Vol. 179, No. 5, pp. 40-45 Monday, February 6, 2012...
Summary: Aubrey Immelman, director of the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics at St. John’s University in Minnesota, said Mitt Romney may be overcompensating for his inability to connect with regular people. “Romney is neither an introvert nor an extravert,” said Immelman. “The key is his conscientiousness. People who are highly conscientious are just not good campaigners. He might be a good executive, but campaigning is his Achilles’ heel.”
Summary: A psychological analysis of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney revealed that Romney’s primary personality pattern is Conscientious/dutiful, complemented by secondary Dominant/asserting, Ambitious/confident, and Accommodating/cooperative features and a minor Retiring/reserved tendency — a personality composite that does not predict success in presidential elections.
2012 Presidential Election (Related page: 2008 Presidential Election) Barack Obama Click on image for larger view Immelman, A. (2008, July). The political personality of U.S....
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