Typically, elected narcissists display ten of the following thirteen traits:
1. Self-absorbed (acts like public policies are all about him or her; pretends to be interested in you)
2. Entitled (makes the rules; breaks the rules)
3. Demeaning (puts citizens and fellow elected officials down publically and privately; knows more than them)
4. Demanding (of whatever he or she wants)
5. Distrustful (suspicious of your motives; impugns motives)
6. Perfectionistic (rigidly high and unrealistic standards—his or her way or no way)
7. Snobbish (believes he or she is superior to citizens and fellow elected officials; gets bored easily)
8. Myopic (if it hasn’t happed to him or her it has not happened)
9. Unempathic (uninterested in understanding your inner experience; or unable to relate)
10. Unremorseful (cannot offer a genuine apology)
11. Compulsive (gets overly consumed with micro management of processes)
12. Addictive (cannot let go of bad habits; uses them to self soothe)
13. Emotionally detached (steers clear of feelings; demeans others’ feelings)