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A survey of type and American political party affiliation found that INTJs were 19% Democrat,
40% Republican, and 41% Independent (read here). 4 The Republican influence appears to be due to
their TJ preference, as revealed by the fact that the top four types most favoring the conservative
orientation were all TJs:
ESTJ – 46% Republican
ISTJ – 42% Republican
INTJ – 40% Republican
ENTJ – 40% Republican
What do we make of the INTJ's Independent preference? Here are the top four types most favoring
this political orientation:
INTP – 49%
ENTP – 45%
INTJ/ISFP – 41%
INFP – 40%
The types that most like the Independent option also tend to place a high a high value on
"independence" or "autonomy" in their personal lives, with INTPs rating the value of
"independence" or "autonomy" highest of all, typically followed by ENTPs and INFPs. (INTJs
have a well-deserved reputation for independence, but the desire is not as strong as it is for most of
the NPs. It is not really accurate to call them "the most independent type" as many sources do.
That said, their independence can be seen in the fact that they a.) are one of the types least readily
coerced by peer pressure, 5 and b.) as, INs they tend to have unorthodox ideas, which they carry with
single minded determination.)
One of the interesting differences between INTJs and STJs is that while both groups favor the
Republicans, the STJs shun the Independent orientation the most of all types while the INTJs are
quite accepting of it. It is fascinating to me how the INTJs thus straddle the line between the
conservatism of the TJ Guardians and independent streak native to the IN preference.
Boozer and Forte (2008) measured “political alienation,” which they described as “discontent or
disconnect from the political process.” They found that a preference for introversion was associated
with more political alienation, and noted that this may be part of a larger pattern of overall
introverted alienation. So INTJs are more likely to be disillusioned than their extraverted peers.
The researchers also measured specific political views; it turned out that Perceivers tended to favor
abortion while Judgers did not, and that Thinkers tended to favor the death penalty while Feelers
did not. Being an INTJ thus predicts opposition to abortion and support for the death penalty.
Gerdes (2010) found that both NTs and NFs tend to give more than average to environmental causes
(read here). Therefore INTJ views may be more green than most.
4 Myers & Myers in Political | Types, n.d.
5 Matthews, Miller, & Carskadon in Carlson, 1985