Carson’s Restraint May Keep Him from the Top Spot
Ben Carson’s personality is dominant/assertive, ambitious/confident, and conscientious/respectful.
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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...
Ted Cruz: Will the “Wacko Bird” Soar Like an Eagle?
Ted Cruz: Will the “Wacko Bird” Soar Like an Eagle? By Atarah Pinder St. Cloud Times September 6, 2015 Many people dislike Texas Sen. Rafael...
The Character of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Summary: Report documenting the enduring personal characteristics providing the empirical basis for assessing Hillary Clinton’s dominant, ambitious personality pattern from a psychobiographical, psychohistorical perspective.
John Kasich
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.”
Rick Perry
The Personality Profile of 2016 Presidential Candidate Rick Perry April 24, 2015 Abstract A psychological analysis of former Texas governor Rick Perry — a contender for the...
Chris Christie
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.”
Mike Huckabee
The Personality Profile of Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee By Joseph Wonderlich, Demetre Koukouves, Emily Berthiaume, and Matt Plessel April 24, 2015 Abstract Mike Huckabee’s...
Rand Paul
The Personality Profile of Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidate Rand Paul April 24, 2015 Abstract By Katherine Stelzner, Anh Doan, Natalie Gannon, and Katie Miller Rand Paul’s primary...
Scott Walker
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.”
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