A study of 9,000+ Americans found Trump supporters scored higher on psychopathy, narcissism and manipulativeness. They also reported less concern for others’ suffering and more enjoyment of it.

Even worse: they could read other people’s emotions just fine. They just seemed to care less.

A political movement that celebrates the cruelty of ICE and the IDF? Who would have guessed?

Published in the Journal of Research in Personality.

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- A 2025 study in the Journal of Research in Personality, based on two U.S. samples totaling over 9,000 adults, found self-reported favorable views of Trump and conservative ideology correlated with higher scores on malevolent traits including psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, callousness, and manipulativeness.
- The research by Neumann and Ngo also linked Trump support to lower affective empathy (concern for suffering) and higher dissonant empathy (enjoyment of suffering), while cognitive empathy (reading emotions) remained comparable; associations were stronger among men and held after controlling for demographics.