... Among NSF's recent projects was one that sent $188,206 to the University of California at Berkeley to study "candidate ambiguity and voter choice." According to the project abstract, the money would used in part for polling to see when politicians benefit by being vague.
Another project sent $49,830 to the University of Iowa to look at "genetics and political behavior." That grant pays for 20 professors to attend a workshop in Colorado, where they are trained on how to use "applied statistical genetics" to study political behavior.
The professors say their work is truly scientific and makes contributions to the country. Several pointed to examinations of how countries and leaders will act in times of crisis as an example of the value of their work.
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