APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Left Handers Predict Right Wingers: 2016 Gop Primary Support for Donald Trump Was Higher in States with Higher Rates of Left-Handedness
- Eric Prichard
University of Arkansas at Monticello - Stephen Christman
University of Toledo
Abstract
Right- versus left-handers are more authoritarian versus cognitively flexible, respectively. We compared voting patterns from the 2016 GOP primary to left-handedness rates in the 48 continental states. As the number of left-handers increased, so did Donald Trump’s vote-getting. Conversely, states with the fewest left-handers went most strongly for Ted Cruz
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