As wonderful and as independent as he may be, once elected, all Democrats vote in lock step with Obama and Reid.

I’m not sure if personality characteristics such risk averse, detail oriented, judgmental, generally introverted, and socially provincial equates to political conservatism but I do have some interesting statistics for my readers based on those that completed a survey back in August:

Audience profile
re: The Auditors surveyed readers in August of 2009:

Educational Background 49% have BS, 51% have graduate or PhD degree.
Professional Certifications 52% are CPAs, 13% have more than one professional certification or license.
Experience 21% have more than 21 years of experience and 40% have between 4 and 15 years of work experience.
Income 40% have incomes of more than $100,000 per year.
Gender/Age 69% are male and 38.9 % are between the ages of 31 and 60.
Family 70% are married or in a committed relationship and 35% have children
Employment Responsibility 52.5 % are in supervisory/management or executive level positions.
Type of Employer 47% are employed by one of the largest 25 public accounting firms and 27% employed in industry as finance or accounting professionals.