A method is provided for the preparation of a conductive composition containing a polymerized aromatic amine wherein the aromatic amine is oxidatively polymerized in an acidic aqueous medium in the presence of an oxidizing agent, a doping agent and an aromatic polyalkyleneoxide in an amount sufficient to stabilize the resulting composition. Preferably, the aromatic amine is aniline or a substituted aniline. Compositions produced by such method are also disclosed. These compositions are useful for treating various substrates to make such substrates conductive.