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It appears how one votes may be genetic based.
From the article:
Douglas Oxley, a political scientist at the University of Nebraska, ... discovered that social conservatives react more strongly to shocking images and sudden noises by sweating more and blinking harder, compared to liberals. Such innate threat responses point to a biological, and perhaps genetic, basis for our politics, he says.
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Oxley and Hibbing suspect that some genetic differences underlie our political leanings. Previous research has shown that certain mutations affect how a region of the brain called the amygdala reacts to fearful images.
Such innate differences might explain why convincing a staunch Democrat to vote Republican is almost impossible. And vice versa.
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IMO -- this shows what we ascertain through common sense... People are emotional and it influences their decision making. Voting isn't any different.
From the article:
Douglas Oxley, a political scientist at the University of Nebraska, ... discovered that social conservatives react more strongly to shocking images and sudden noises by sweating more and blinking harder, compared to liberals. Such innate threat responses point to a biological, and perhaps genetic, basis for our politics, he says.
...
Oxley and Hibbing suspect that some genetic differences underlie our political leanings. Previous research has shown that certain mutations affect how a region of the brain called the amygdala reacts to fearful images.
Such innate differences might explain why convincing a staunch Democrat to vote Republican is almost impossible. And vice versa.
....
IMO -- this shows what we ascertain through common sense... People are emotional and it influences their decision making. Voting isn't any different.
