2020 Election — USPP Media Tipsheet
Summary: The Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP) ‘Media Tipsheet’ offers political reporters covering the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign a psychological perspective on politics.
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Bernie Sanders
Summary: Psychological profiling conducted in 2019 indicated that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ primary personality patterns are Dominant/asserting and Dauntless/adventurous, complemented by secondary Ambitious/confident and Contentious/resolute features.
Clarence Thomas
Psychological assessment of U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas prepared for Kevin Merida of the Washington Post.
Brett Kavanaugh
Psychological analysis of U.S. Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh conducted in response to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations.
China
President Xi Jinping’s primary personality pattern is Dominant/controlling (a measure of aggressiveness), complemented by secondary Conscientious/respectful-dutiful and Ambitious/confident (narcissistic) patterns. A potential distrusting tendency awaits empirical confirmation.
Mike Pence
A preliminary psychological analysis of U.S. vice president Mike Pence revealed that Pence’s primary personality pattern is Conscientious/dutiful, complemented by secondary Dominant/asserting, Ambitious/confident, and Accommodating/cooperative features and a minor Outgoing/congenial tendency. In summary, Pence’s personality composite can be characterized as a “conscientious deliberator.”
John Edwards
Summary: A psychological analysis of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards reveals that his primary personality patterns are Ambitious/self-serving and Outgoing/gregarious — a personality composite known as the “amorous narcissist” — with secondary features of the Dauntless/adventurous and Accommodating/cooperative patterns.
Trump Administration — 2017-2020 USPP Media Tipsheet
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.
Clinton on Ballot Tests Voter Views on Gender
Summary: Political discourse in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s nomination for president illustrates our country still struggles with gender issues. But is this because we are by nature sexist, or are our brains simply hardwired to be critical of women leaders?
Trump’s Personality Could Win, Except …
Summary: Donald Trump’s primary personality patterns are ambitious / exploitative (a measure of narcissism), and outgoing / impulsive (a measure of extraversion). Secondarily, Trump exhibits a dominant / controlling pattern, supplemented by dauntless / adventurous and contentious / resolute tendencies — a personality composite best labeled a “high-dominance charismatic.”
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