Friday
Jan192007
Psychological differences of Liberals & Conservatives
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 10:03AM
Really interesting article from Psychology Today posted on Adam Ash's blog:
The psychological differences between liberals and conservatives
Reader Comments (2)
When told that the polls clearly show that the American public wants the presidential nominees to focus more on the issues than on negative campaigning (especially the critically important Independents)- involving, for instance, Obama's past relationships- McCain and his crones adamantly hold that the public needs to know about those relationships. The conservatives, it seems, know more about what the public wants to hear than does the public. No wonder McCain is losing this election battle so badly.
Perhaps, although I tend to feel that McCain is losing this election not due to the root differences between liberals and conservatives, but because of the strategies he has employed and his track record over the last 8 years.
In 2000 John McCain was a "maverick" congressman who stood up to his party on issues like campaign-finance reform and took unpopular stands against the majority party. After losing the 2000 primary, he changed his tune and went down a path that led him to vote with an incredibly unpopular president 9 out of every 10 times he voted.
His track record of siding with this administration is what is costing him this election because that voter record tells people that he is not a maverick, but simply a senator who kept in line so he could get his shot at the presidency. It's too bad, I would have voted for the John McCain of 2000, but now, he has lost my vote.