Rubio’s Lack of Dominance Could Hurt
Rubio’s Lack of Dominance Could Hurt By Joe Trenzeluk St. Cloud Times (p. 10A, 12A) February 14, 2016 A common criticism of Florida Sen. Marco...
Rubio’s Lack of Dominance Could Hurt By Joe Trenzeluk St. Cloud Times (p. 10A, 12A) February 14, 2016 A common criticism of Florida Sen. Marco...
By Aví A. T. Bahadoor and Aubrey Immelman St. Cloud Times April 23, 2000 Earlier this month U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first...
“Clinton’s Last Stand” — Does Hillary Have the Right Stuff to Triumph in Texas? By Anna Phelps and Aubrey Immelman Unit for the Study of...
Summary: A psychological analysis of Ohio governor John Kasich — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election — by Timothy Immelman, Katherine Jennissen, Brianna Kupser, Jeremy Reller, Samantha Womeldorf, Joe Trenzeluk, and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Kasich’s primary personality patterns are Dominant / asserting and Accommodating / cooperative, with secondary Ambitious / confident and Outgoing / congenial features. In summary, Kasich’s personality composite can be characterized as a “forceful mediator.”
Summary: Psychological analysis of former New Jersey governor Chris Christie — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 and 2024 U.S. presidential election — revealed that Christie’s primary personality pattern is Dominant/controlling, supplemented by secondary Ambitious/confident and Dauntless/adventurous patterns and subsidiary Outgoing/congenial and Contentious/resolute features — a personality composite best described as a “high-dominance, self-confident, risk-taking extravert.”
Summary: A psychological analysis (conducted summer 2015) of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election — by Joe Trenzeluk and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Walker’s predominant personality pattern is Conscientious/dutiful and Dominant/controlling, with secondary Ambitious/confident features — a personality composite best characterized as a “conscientious enforcer.”
Summary: Psychological profiling conducted in 2016 indicated that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ primary personality patterns are Dominant/controlling and Contentious/resolute, with secondary Ambitious/confident features. In summary, Sanders’s personality composite can be characterized as a “deliberative nonconformist.”
Summary: A psychological analysis of Texas senator Ted Cruz — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election — by Atarah Pinder and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Cruz’s primary personality pattern is Dominant / forceful, with secondary Ambitious / confident and Dauntless / Adventurous features and less prominent Outgoing / congenial and Contentious / resolute tendencies. In summary, Cruz’s personality composite can be characterized as a “risk-taking, confident controller.”
Summary: Psychological assessment of prospective Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. … On March 2, 2015, the New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton did not have a government email address while secretary of state and may have violated federal rules that officials’ correspondence be retained. … Compilation of research reports and related political analysis, conducted between 1999 and 2008, that may have a bearing on the matter in terms of Hillary Clinton’s personality traits, psychological motives, and leadership style. … October 2016 update: Hillary Clinton’s predominant personality patterns are Ambitious/self-serving (a measure of narcissism) and Dominant/controlling, infused with secondary features of the Conscientious/dutiful and Retiring/reserved (introverted) patterns and some indication of Distrusting/suspicious features. This particular personality composite can be labeled elitist narcissism or, in political terms, deliberative high-dominance introvert — deliberative by virtue of substantial conscientiousness.
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