Do you agree that fear affects political ideology? Meaning the more fearful someone is the more likely they are to be conservative and the less fearful someone is the more likely they are to be liberal.

There’s a video going around about the affect of fear on political ideology that I find very interesting. I wish I could post it here, but you can google “how fear affects political ideology” to find the video.

The premise of the video is that the more fearful someone is, the more likely they are to have conservative thoughts/ideologies. On the other hand, the less fearful someone is, the more likely they are to have liberal thoughts/ideologies. The video discusses studies that show this. I’ve posted some screen shots to give an idea.

Do you agree that fear affects political ideology as stated in the video? Do you think that understanding these fears could help us to better communicate about complex and hot button political issues?