> Somewhat oversimplifying, you can think of hierarchical individualists as akin to conservative Republicans, and egalitarian communitarians as liberal Democrat

> Somewhat oversimplifying, you can think of hierarchical individualists as akin to conservative Republicans, and egalitarian communitarians as liberal Democrats. What about hierarchical communitarians or egalitarian individualists? What about people who are near the middle of one or both scales? Why even bother having two supposedly independent traits if you're really just asking people about their political party? The author may be distorting the study's methodology or results, in order to support the narrative he wants to tell. (Or the researchers, but from the information presented here, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.)