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In 2016, Hillary Clinton went after Trump on characterological grounds. Jason Zengerle, New York Times, "Michael Bloomberg’s Radically Conventional Campaign Against Donald Trump," 22 Jan. 2020

These characterological attitudes are highly heritable — about 50 percent heritable. Sigal Samuel, Vox, "How your brain invents morality," 8 July 2019

His contempt for democratic norms is characterological. Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies And Turning Toward Robert Mueller," 17 Mar. 2018

The issue is less characterological than philosophical. Alaska Dispatch News, "Trump doesn’t bother with better angels," 29 July 2017

But even in those cases, the evasiveness is often a characterological window in itself, fodder for analyzing the journey of politicians’ self-presentation. Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, "Against Retweeting Trump’s Old Tweets," 26 Apr. 2017

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