The Dark Side of the Mood: Candidate Evaluation, Voter Perceptions, and the Driving Role of (Dark) Personality Traits

• In Event: Personality in Politics

Brief Overview

Combining an experimental design with a post-electoral survey on the 2020 US Presidential election, we test the (asymmetric) impact of exposure to/perception of candidates’ dark triad personality traits on overall candidate favourability

Authors

• Alessandro Nai, University of Amsterdam

• Diego Garzia, University of Lucerne

• Katjana Gattermann, University of Amsterdam

• Loes Aaldering, University of Vienna

• Frederico Ferreira da Silva, University of Lausanne