Political violence has increasingly become a troubling feature in democracies worldwide, from the storming of the U.S. Capitol to assassination attempts against political figures in Brazil and Argentina. This rising tide of violence underscores the importance of understanding its root causes, particularly the role of individual personality traits. A new study, one of the first to systematically explore this topic across multiple countries, has found that individuals with darker personality traits are more likely to support political violence. These findings, published in Personality and Indivi…