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COULD CITIZENS VOTE AGAINST? REGULATORY FOCUS ON PROMOTION VS. PREVENTION AND VOTING ACTIVITY

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Dolinski D., Drogosz M.
Kolokwia Psychologiczne (Psychological Colloquia)
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2007
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vol. 16
103-116
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The problem of many democratic countries, especially Poland, is the low voting turnout. One of the potential reasons is a way of voting: only voting 'for' a party or a candidate is allowed. Possibly, the introduction of voting 'against' could prompt many voters to act. The concept of regulatory focus (Higgins 1998) suggests that people focused on prevention should vote against eagerly. The present article describes two studies conducted to verify that hypothesis. In the first study more than 2/3 of participants declared that they would vote more eagerly when voting for and against would be allowed. The second study shows that the 'pro and anti' formula is especially attractive for participants characterized by regulatory focus on prevention.
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BIG FIVE OFFERS ONLY A WEAK PREDICTION OF POLITICS, REGARDLESS OF THE APPROACH

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Uhrovič F., Halama P., Kohút M., Martinkovič M.
Studia Psychologica
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2023
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vol. 65
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issue 3
197 - 212
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The present study examines the Big Five traits and socio-demographic factors as predictors of both traditional left-right and liberal-conservative positions of Slovak voters (N = 704). As shown in previous research, Open-Mindedness and Conscientiousness are significant but weak predictors of both political axes, while Agreeableness plays a surprising role in predicting left-right orientation. To overcome the limitations of traditional political axes, three latent variables of the Slovak political space were discovered by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of political preferences: sympathy towards old/new government, socially conservative parties, and a non-populist coalition. The former is significantly predicted by Open-Mind¬edness, while the latter is predicted by Conscientiousness. Overall, the Big Five traits predict a small but significant variance in political variables.
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