High RWAs cluster as right-wing lawmakers whose politics form a consistent dominance package

Evidence

Sometimes join left-wing movements, where their hostility distinguishes them. But much more typically endorse right-wing political parties. Be Conservative/Reform Party (Canada) or Republican Party (United States) lawmakers, who (1) have a conservative economic philosophy; (2) believe in social dominance; (3) are ethnocentric; (4) are highly nationalistic; (5) oppose abortion; (6) support capital punishment; (7) oppose gun-control legislation; (8) say they value freedom but actually want to undermine the Bill of Rights; (9) do not value equality very highly and oppose measures to increase it; (10) are not likely to rise in the Democratic Party, but do so among Republicans. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3800

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Altemeyer’s broader argument about authoritarianism as a cluster of correlated traits rather than single attitudes; also to the modern political science literature on the authoritarian personality.
• SEED: The ten-point checklist of a high-RWA lawmaker could anchor a piece on how personality structure, not ideology, predicts right-wing legislative agendas.