This is an interesting question, Tjarlz. 

A couple of points. First, I caution folks strongly not to equate personality with trait-based dispositions. Personality is much more that our dispositional signatures on the Big Five. That said, there definitely is an association. For example, by far the biggest personality trait political linkage is the conservative versus liberal political orientation and the disposition of openness.

I think UTOK may align with a "role model" type personality, at least you could argue for that as being implicit in its value structure. Also, it is situated currently for  people who find themselves in a post-conventional moral-ethical value stance. So there is an ego development dynamic here as well. 

There is much more I could say, but I will pause here and see if others are inclined to chime in. 

Best,
Gregg

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Hi all,

Australia has a two party political system much like the UK and USA. In the recent federal election a number of key  seats were won by so-called “Teal” candidates from the conservative/right wing Liberal party.

Interestingly, most of these Teal candidates looked as if they fit the “role model” cluster that emerges from the Big-5 PF; in that they are professional, middle aged women, with social and environmental concerns.

Let’s imagine for a moment that people’s political leanings are to a large extent an expression of their personality. And that we can extend this thinking to argue that political parties have their own personality that could expressed in terms of a fine-tuned 5 factor model. Indeed, perhaps we could look at any mature group in  this way?

What’s the “personality” of UTOK ? — or in other words, what are political implications of UTOK?

Of these “implications”, which can be derived from the system, and which stand outside the system as “normative claims”?

Thanks :)

Tjarlz

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