Whiny Kids Grow Up to Be Conservatives
A new study concludes that whiny, paranoid, insecure kids who crave authority grow up to be conservatives. Children who were confident, resilient and self-reliant grew up to be liberals. This is the second study that has concluded that adults’ political leanings may have more to do with a genetically-programmed personality type than with the type of family the adult grew up in.
The first link is to Media Cynics; the second is to the original — fuller — story in the Toronto Star.