The Mind Games Politicians Use To Win Votes
Politicians put a lot of work into the way they get votes, and it's not just by writing a great speech. Can Game Theory Help A Presidential Candidate Win?
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Politicians do seem to give off a slimy feel. Everything about them is polished and tailored to try to get my vote. It’s kind of gross. And yet, I still vote for them. From the way they look, the way they sound, to the words they choose. Politicians and their staffs carefully craft their speeches and appearance to invoke emotion in their constituents. Emotion plays a huge role in who we will vote for. A study published in the journal Psychological Review found that often, our moral judgements aren’t the result of reasoning but of quick, automatic, intuitive feelings. And politicians can use this to their advantage. They often get your vote by evoking some strong emotion in you. Emotion tends to call people to action more than reasoning, and unfortunately, the emotions political candidates of...
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Politicians do seem to give off a slimy feel. Everything about them is polished and tailored to try to get my vote. It’s kind of gross. And yet, I still vote for them. From the way they look, the way they sound, to the words they choose. Politicians and their staffs carefully craft their speeches and appearance to invoke emotion in their constituents. Emotion plays a huge role in who we will vote for. A study published in the journal Psychological Review found that often, our moral judgements aren’t the result of reasoning but of quick, automatic, intuitive feelings. And politicians can use this to their advantage. They often get your vote by evoking some strong emotion in you. Emotion tends to call people to action more than reasoning, and unfortunately, the emotions political candidates of...
