{
  "id": 3285042,
  "title": "Left‑handed people tend to be left‑leaning voters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/left-handed-people-tend-to-be-left-leaning-voters",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-lefthanded-people-tend-leftleaning-voters.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Political preferences are generally explained by income, age and level of education. However, our research suggests that a far more unexpected trait may also have a hand in how we vote. A survey carried out in 18 western countries has shown that left-handed people tend to identify more strongly with the political left. This finding appears to be more related to identity than biology.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}