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Show QUIZ/By John E. Gibson 0006 How Much Does Your Personality Rule Your Politics? True orFalse: How smoothly a couple’s marriage meshes provides a clue to howthey'relikely to vote.(sze number 4) It isn’t just an accident that a person votes the way knowledgeable, led nar- rower and more restricted lives, tended to have an, apathetic outlovk on life im general, were less success- ful in their professions and occupations, and averaged lower incomes. 4. True—according to an in-depth study of political aititudes, which has shown a decided tendency for the most happily married couples—where mutual OU. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. The way you vote reveals a lot about your personality. 2. Women usually vote for a candidate for different 4. How smoothly a couple’s marriage meshes, how well they get along together, provides a clue to how they're likely to vote. 5. Most people are more influenced in their voting bythe stories and comment in newspapers than by the candidates themselves. 6. Voters who are the most easily influenced tend to go to the polls earlier in the esteem is high, with a minimum of domestic hassle Ifyou'd bought a poundof Miracle Brand Margarine last week, instead of regular margarine, you could’ve spread 36 extra slices ofbread. and conflict—to be moder” ate, middle-of-tne-roaders, politically. The higher the incidence of fights, argu- ments, temperamental out- bursts, discontent with the spouse’s actions or atti- tudes, the greater the likelihood of the couple’s political stance veering either to the right or the left. 5. True. Election-day surveys conducted by State University of New York. researchers, showed Miracle Brand Margarine is whipped to give you 36 extra pats... two extra sticks per pound. And whipping makes Miracle extra light and easy to spread. that over five times as many voters acknowledged being influenced by mewspaper stories as were influenced by the candidates them- selves. 6. False. Wide-scale studies conducted by University of day. 7. This country would be better off withoutthe politicians. California investigators in- dicate that people who 1. True. University of Wisconsin studies show, for example, that people who are either extremely con- Servative or extremely liberal tend to have “a strong need to proclaim their identification with great fervor and display.” Those in the middie may feel equally strong convictions, but they don’t have the emotional need to be so demonstrative aboutit. Psychologicaltests showed that people who identified with the iberal- See why we call it Miracle? Harry S. Truman summed 2. True. Studies by Har- left tended to have the vard sociologists show that greatest need for excitement, a stimulating variety women tend to be more influenced by what they read or hear about the personality of a candidate—which of experiences, new and different feelings and sensations. their ballot later in the day than the rest of the electorate. 7. False—despite the fact that many people are inclined to think so at times.’ is in keeping with their tendency to personalize every aspect of life, politics included. Men,on the other hand,are inclined to evaluate a candidate on the basis of his actions, accomplishments, and theories of gov- the matter in a nutshell when he observed that “A politician is a man who ernment—and are much less influenced by his looks and personality. 3. True. Psychological studies Gave shown that there are decided differ- and temperament between voters and nonvoters. Peo- understands government, ple who don’t vote were and it takes a politician to found to be far more self- Fun a government. A states- ences in general character voters. They were also jess centered and lacking in imagination than the manis a politician who's been dead for 10 or 15 years.” Family Weekly, October 17, 1971 a % |