# Professor Rebecca Schaumberg discusses the personality traits common among presidential candidates

1 Faculty News August 19, 2016 ![Fox News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_035384.gif?itok=etZbvd9q)>

Excerpt from [Fox 5 NY](http://www.fox5ny.com/news/193526182-story) -- "\[The characteristics of those who run for President\] tend to be a strong desire for dominance, desire to have control over others, a high level of self-confidence... Unfortunately, sometimes that manifests as a high level of narcissism or a high level of grandiosity."

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