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Published online 22 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040920-8

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Personality predicts politics

Pollsters may be aided by test of how judgmental voters are.

A personality trait has been identified that seems to predict whether people will vote or engage in politics. A test for it might be used to improve opinion polls or increase voter turn-out, say US psychologists.

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