People sensitive to disgust are more likely to hold right-wing views

Yet more evidence that political stance is derived less from truth of principle and more from a general cognitive effect.

Interpersonal disgust sensitivity – not wanting to wear clean second hand clothes is another example - continued to predict racist attitudes even after fear of disease was taken into account.

Also, self-declared liberals' EEGs of the anterior cingulate cortex where self-regulation is highly associated exhibited "'significantly greater conflict-related neural activity' when the hypothetical situation called for an unscheduled break in the routine". Conservatives, less so. Article here.