C'mon Henry, fess up - you're a scaredy cat. According to the latest psychological analysis of why people vote the way they do, people who are easily startled by loud bangs or gruesome pictures are more likely to vote for right-wing policies compared to calmer people who take a more liberal approach to life. The study, published in the journal Science, investigated 46 Americans with strong opinions spanning the political spectrum who were tested for their physiological responses to a range of visually threatening pictures and loud noises
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 35417.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaredy_Cat