During a US Presidential election year, politicians are on our minds more than other years.
Since Energy Profiling is a way to understand human nature from a deeper level, it’s interesting to know the Energy Type of political leaders.
In the Lifestyle Facebook group, I recently invited the members to share any political leaders that they would like me to Type. I ended up profiling more than half of the current United States governors.
What was interesting was I saw a trend in the breakdown that really surprised me. Since I wanted to see if that same trend was true for the entire list of governors, I went ahead and profiled all 50 of them. And, to my surprise, the trend stuck!
Look at the list and see if you notice the trend that I saw in the breakdown.
Also, take a moment and guess your governor’s Energy Type before you find them on the list!
(To see the face of each governor, just click on this link, which will take you to the Wikipedia page where they are all listed).
Governor of Alabama | Kay Ivey
Type 1
Governor of Alaska | Mike Dunleavy |
Type 2
Governor of Arizona | Doug Ducey |
Type 1
Governor of Arkansas | Asa Hutchinson |
Type 1
Governor of California | Gavin Newsom |
Type 1
Governor of Colorado | Jared Polis |
Type 1
Governor of Connecticut | Ned Lamont |
Type 1
Governor of Delaware | John C. Carney Jr. |
Type 3
Governor of Florida | Ron DeSantis |
Type 2
Governor of Georgia | Brian Kemp |
Type 1
Governor of Hawaii | David Ige |
Type 1
Governor of Idaho | Brad Little |
Type 1
Governor of Illinois | J.B. Pritzker |
Type 1
Governor of Indiana | Eric Holcomb |
Type 3
Governor of Iowa | Kim Reynolds |
Type 3
Governor of Kansas | Laura Kelly |
Type 3
Governor of Kentucky | Andy Beshear |
Type 1
Governor of Louisiana | John Bel Edwards |
Type 1
Governor of Maine | Janet T. Mills |
Type 4
Governor of Maryland | Larry Hogan |
Type 4
Governor of Massachusetts | Charles D. Baker |
Type 1
Governor of Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer |
Type 1
Governor of Minnesota | Tim Walz |
Type 1
Governor of Mississippi | Tate Reeves |
Type 2
Governor of Missouri | Mike Parson |
Type 1
Governor of Montana | Steve Bullock |
Type 1
Governor of Nebraska | Pete Ricketts |
Type 2
Governor of Nevada | Steve Sisolak |
Type 4
Governor of New Hampshire | Chris Sununu |
Type 2
Governor of New Jersey | Phil Murphy |
Type 1
Governor of New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Type 3
Governor of New York | Andrew Cuomo |
Type 3
Governor of North Carolina | Roy Cooper |
Type 1
Governor of North Dakota | Doug Burgum |
Type 2
Governor of Ohio | Richard Michael DeWine |
Type 2
Governor of Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt |
Type 1
Governor of Oregon | Kate Brown |
Type 4
Governor of Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf |
Type 2
Governor of Rhode Island | Gina Raimondo |
Type 3
Governor of South Carolina | Henry McMaster |
Type 1
Governor of South Dakota | Kristi L. Noem |
Type 3
Governor of Tennessee | Bill Lee |
Type 3
Governor of Texas | Greg Abbott |
Type 1
Governor of Utah | Gary Herbert |
Type 2
Governor of Vermont | Phil Scott |
Type 2
Governor of Virginia | Ralph Northam |
Type 1
Governor of Washington | Jay Inslee |
Type 1
Governor of West Virginia | Jim Justice |
Type 1
Governor of Wisconsin | Tony Evers |
Type 1
Governor of Wyoming | Mark Gordon |
Type 4
Did you see the trend that I saw?
Here is a breakdown of how many governors of each Type there are.
Type 1 – 26
Type 2 – 10
Type 3 – 9
Type 4 – 5
Did it surprise you that most governors were Type 1 and the least Type 4? I would have thought the opposite in the most to least! It shows us that any Type can pursue leadership roles.
Since I do not personally know any of the governors, I profiled them all based on their facial features. I am familiar with a few of them, yet I did not let their media personality and my pre-conceived political opinions sway what I saw.
I really appreciate what Lifestyle member Nenah shared in her comment about this trend: “I think the post gave us more insight not to be so narrowed in our knowledge of how to perceive Types.”
With only 9 female governors, this trend did not surprise me that most were Type 3.
Of the women governors:
Type 1 – 2
Type 2 – 0
Type 3 – 5
Type 4 – 2
Did this exercise show you that you too are successfully learning the skill of facial profiling? If you need a brush-up, just watch these videos:
How to Face Profile Women
- Facial Profiling: The Bright, Animated Type 1 Woman
- Facial Profiling: The Soft, Subtle Type 2 Woman
- Facial Profiling: The Rich, Dynamic Type 3 Woman
- Facial Profiling: The Bold, Striking Type 4 Woman
How to Face Profile Men
- How to Facial Profile Type 1 Men
- How to Facial Profile Type 2 Men
- How to Facial Profile Type 3 Menn
- How to Facial Profile Type 4 Men
What surprised you about this exercise? Did you guess your own governor’s Energy Type correctly?
Some of the Lifestyle members shared comments like:
“I loved the extra practice with all the men.” -Jenny
“I was shocked by the number of Type 1. Helped me realize I do have a voice.” -Sally
“Learning someone’s mode of operation (what I see as their deepest motivation) is humbling. We’re all just humans, after all.” -Amanda
Share in a comment what your experience was like! I’d love to read them!
