For the
very highest level positions, or for the most flamboyant or charismatic politicians, the fame and
recognition from being in political office will allow them to enrich themselves, once out
of office, through different types
of media - talk shows, jobs with news networks, books (with massive advances), and paid speaking engagements.
Therefore, it is difficult to ascertain whether our null findings reflect the fact that CU traits have a limited impact on emotion
recognition and affective empathy within CD populations, whether they are due to the fact that we had limited statistical power to detect differences between groups, or whether they are explained by the restricted range
of CU traits in our sample (as few
of our CD participants had
very high levels of CU traits).