Our political leanings have deep roots

Sep 08, 2014, 03:49 PM

A person's political persuasion could be down to "deep-seated psychology", rather than the way they were brought up or individual decisions, a new study suggests.

Research carried out by experts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Rice University, published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences, stated that people's natural tendencies lead to them perceiving the world in different ways.