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>Political orientation likely maps onto personality traits: Then explain political realignments. I personally have completely switched political parties in th

• rayiner 4y ago
  Your brain does chemically change later in life, especially when you have kids. Apart from that, political parties are coalitions of different groups, and those coalitions (and the parties) change as the salient issues change. COVID was a good example of this, where the “fuck the establishment” types Trump recently brought into the GOP clashed with the “conformity and order” Romney types that traditionally controlled the GOP. My county, which includes Annapolis, went for Romney in 2012 and for Larry Hogan by 38 points, but Biden by 14. The area has a large military officer presence, and their inclination toward conformity, discipline, and order cut differently during COVID than when other issues were more salient.