John Geer on the Web

When you step into the voting booth in November, you will have only a partial say in your decision.And it's your parents' fault. A class at Vanderbilt University is studying the role genetics plays in political decisions, from an electorate's willingness to vote to the ballot it casts.The research, conducted across the country, is shedding light on how our candidate of choice might not be entirely our own choosing."It's clearly cutting edge, but we're cutting at the very edge," said professor John Geer, who teaches the Genetics and Politics class with Dr. David Bader, a Vanderbilt biology professor... more