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minus-square@JeeBaiChowlink33•3 months agoRepublicans sell hate and fear, democrats sell hope and optimism. I know which I’d pick.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoThis has actually been shown through studies a number of times! Plenty of correlative studies that show the left associated with positive and the right associated with negative: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2011.0268 But also some causal studies where people are more conservative when they’re scared or more progressive when they feel safe: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2315
Republicans sell hate and fear, democrats sell hope and optimism. I know which I’d pick.
This has actually been shown through studies a number of times!
Plenty of correlative studies that show the left associated with positive and the right associated with negative: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2011.0268
But also some causal studies where people are more conservative when they’re scared or more progressive when they feel safe: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2315
…and both continue to slide right.