From “what” and “when” to “how” and “why”: Moving the study of psychological dispositions and political preferences forward

From “what” and “when” to “how” and “why”: Moving the study of psychological dispositions and political preferences forward

CM Federico, A Malka - Political Psychology, 2025

The last two decades have seen a highly generative resurgence of interest in how
individual differences in psychological needs, traits, and motives relate to citizens'
political preferences. Though interest in this among social and behavioral scientists