Supporters of the Democratic, Republican, and neither parties from Southern California (n = 178) and Texas (n = 136) were administered the Cross-cultural World-mindedness scale. The former sample scored higher than the latter. Supporters of the different parties did not score differently within the Texas sample; however, supporters of the Republican party in the Southern California sample scored lower than the other two groups who were not different from each other, providing partial evidence of criterion validity.
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