<\/a><\/p>\n Which two<\/u> of the following characteristics best describes the kind of leader that you would want for the country? [You must select two]:<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve selected your answers, then think about which two Donald Trump might select. Then try Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n In Occasional Planet\u2019s on-line survey of 550 respondents*, the answers came out like this:<\/p>\n <\/a>Our thinking was that the top and the bottom choices would be more Trump-like; in fact, more reflective of the Republican Party. Similarly, our hypothesis was that the middle two options would be more representative of progressive thinking. These two characteristics seem to characterize several recent Democratic presidents, most particularly John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n There are six different pairs of combinations that any one respondent could choose. We wanted to see what the difference was between what Republicans and Democrats chose. Figure 2<\/strong> shows the percentages of different groups that selected the pair of \u201ccomfortable with self\u201d and \u201creasons well:\u201d<\/p>\n\n