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forms of capital can be linked to political orientation and voting behavior. For example, regions that are high in creative capital (e.g., California, Massachusetts) are generally more likely to support liberal policies and candidates than are regions high in social capital (e.g., North Dakota, South Dakota). To the extent that differences in the types and amounts of human capital are related to personality traits, studies of regional and psychological characteristics have the potential to identify mechanisms that link specific cultural, economic, and technological factors to voting behavior and other political outcomes. Research programs that fuse insights and methods from different disciplines, including psychology and political science, will help broaden our understanding of the dynamics underlying voting behavior and regional differences in political ideology.

Authors’ Note

Portions of this research were presented at the 2005 International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) conference in Toronto, Ontario, and the 2006 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in Palm Springs, CA. We are grateful to Stanley Feldman, Lew Goldberg, Mark Lewis, Matthias Mehl, Leonard Newman, James Pennebaker, Bill Swann, Simine Vazire, and Wendy Wood for their thoughtful comments on this research.

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