Voters' political choices have presumably come to depend more on their personal
preferences and less on their social characteristics in Western democracies. We examine …

This paper explores relationships between basic personality profiles of voters and their
political party preferences. The Italian political system has moved recently from previously …

We examine how the traits and values of both candidates and voters contribute to political
choice, using the five-factor model of traits and the) theory of basic personal values. 1,164 …

Political psychology has paid rather little attention to personality traits when explaining
political attitudes and political behavior in mass publics. The present paper argues that …

Two studies use the Five Factor Model of traits and Schwartz's (1992) theory of basic
personal values to assess the mediational role of values in linking traits to voting choice and …

This chapter focuses on the interplay between personality and politics. It first addresses
current views of personality to provide the conceptual frame within which to address the role …

The Big Five Model was used to assess the role of personality traits in orienting voting
choice across five European countries (n= 1288). Findings from Italy, Spain, Germany …

What makes voters prefer a certain type of politician? First, we argue that voters' trait
preferences follow a “desired leadership” principle. We show that citizens want the ideal …

Modern politics become personalized as individual characteristics of voters and candidates
assume greater importance in political discourse. Although personalities of candidates …

A rare collection of personality assessments from 103 Italian politicians revealed predictable
patterns of contrasts and similarities with personality dimensions from a large normative …