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American Politics

DePauw University

Theses/Dissertations

2018

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Who We Are And How We Vote: Individual Difference Factors In Politics, Abby Joens-Witherow 18 Apr 2018

Who We Are And How We Vote: Individual Difference Factors In Politics, Abby Joens-Witherow 18

Honor Scholar Theses

The current research focuses on the relationships between individual differences and political preferences, particularly conservatism as measured by the Social and Economic Conservatism Scale (Everett, 2013). I conducted a survey using the crowdsourcing platform Mechanical Turk that assessed individuals in terms of demographics, the Big Five Aspect Scales, Moral Foundations, Social Dominance Orientation, Right Wing Authoritarianism, and opinions about the 2016 presidential candidates (Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump). Through hierarchical multiple regression, I was able to find correlations among openness to experience (-) and conscientiousness (+) with conservatism in terms of the Big Five. I found that binding moral foundations …