Abstract
Factors that predict political party affiliation are of particular importance in research due to the wider implications in politics and policy making. Extending this line of work, the idea that creativity predicts party affiliation was tested using 2 conceptualizations of creativity: creative personality and creative ideation. Participants (N = 406) based in the United States completed measures of creativity, socio-political attitudes, and domain specific risk-taking, and indicated their party affiliation. Results revealed a significant link between creative personality and political party affiliation. Furthermore, in addition to the socio-political attitudes, this link was explained, in part, by individuals’ social risk-taking. Specifically, individuals with higher scores on creative personality were more likely to affiliate to the Democratic party, whereas the reverse was true for affiliation to the Republican party. This article provides new insights into factors that predict political party affiliation and presents wider social implications of the findings.
DOI
10.1080/10400419.2018.1540252
Publication Date
2018-11-10
Publication Title
Creativity Research Journal
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
ISSN
1532-6934
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
1
Last Page
10
Recommended Citation
Tyagi, V., Hanoch, Y., Choma, B., & Denham, S. (2018) 'The ‘Right’ Side of Creativity: Creative Personality and Social Risk-Taking Predict Political Party Affiliation', Creativity Research Journal, , pp. 1-10. Informa UK Limited: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1540252
