This is one of the funniest articles I’ve read in a very long time:
Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.
Hahahahaha! (Sorry…. couldn’t help myself, speaking as a former whiner who doesn’t quite match this data… usually…)
Now don’t get yourself into a big snit, or make rash assumptions about whether the DNC funded the study (they didn’t). It seems that some forty years ago, a professor and his wife (yes, they were at Berkeley) surveyed a bunch of pre-schoolers for personality traits. Administered by the teachers, the intent was not political, but sociological. However, when a follow-up survey went out to the same participants many years later, the new set of questions included political inclinations.
Fun, yes?
Obviously, everybody won’t fit this mold, but it made for a really great read! (Oh – and for those whose feelings are hurt, be sure to read the entire article. There are some more flattering ways to spin things…)