Political Candidate Narcissistic Behaviors Inventory

The Political Candidate Narcissistic Behavior Inventory attempts to measure the relative narcissism of the behaviors of political candidates.

• While married, have they engaged in extramarital sexual activity such as having sex, seeking sex, or sexting with a person other than their spouse?
• Do they hold a far higher opinion of themselves than others do?
• Do they feel entitled to get what they want?
• Do they exaggerate their accomplishments, skills, wealth, possessions, educational degrees, attractiveness, or other positive attributes?
• Do they frequently brag?
• Do they lie more frequently than other political candidates?
• Do they lash out in inappropriately intense anger when they are challenged or attacked or don’t get what they want?
• Do they frequently bully, belittle, or show contempt for others?
• Do they consider themselves to be “special” and unique?
• Are they often envious of others, or do they believe that others are envious of them?
• Are they excessively sensitive to criticism?
• Do they frequently blame others?
• Are they unwilling or unable to admit their errors, failures, or defeats?
• Have they ignored or violated the Constitution, laws, or regulations; or have they repeatedly broken promises or failed to honor financial, political, or contractual obligations; or have they “talked the talk” about legal, moral, religious, or other rules without “walking the walk?”
• Do they deceive or exploit others to get what they want or need?
• Do they frequently overestimate their odds of success?
• Do they opportunistically change their positions on issues over time to the point that they appear to have no consistent beliefs?
• Are they slow to forgive? Do they hold grudges or engage in long-running feuds?
• Do they show arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes?
• Do they display little genuine empathy or compassion for others?

To use the PCNBI, a person reviews it with a candidate in mind and answers each question “yes,” “no,” or “don’t know.” One point is assigned for each “yes” answer; zero points are assigned for each “no” or “don’t know” answer.

In using the PCNBI to evaluate political candidates, please keep in mind the following disclaimers, and limitations:

• It was written by a layperson rather than mental health professionals, is for informational and voter educational purposes only, is not a validated instrument, and cannot be used to diagnose the presence or absence of any mental health condition.
• A person’s responses and the score they calculate at the end indicate only their own opinion about the behavior and attitudes of the candidate they evaluated.
• A person using the survey, and not the survey’s author, is responsible for all of their opinions, the score they assign the candidate using the survey, and for any decision they make to share their opinion on any topic with others.
• Any person using the survey agrees by using the survey to not to sue the authors of the survey.
• Any person using the survey agrees by using the survey to immunize and hold harmless the authors of the survey in any legal action brought against them as a result of their choice(s) to take the survey, to share the score that is calculated at the end of the survey, and/or to share any of their opinions on any topic.

Additional pages on this site explain How the Political Candidate Narcissistic Behaviors Inventory Was Created and what the Sources were for the items.