Bad is stronger than good. Bad emotions have more impact than good ones. Bad information is processed more thoroughly than good information. And bad impressions and stereotypes are quicker to form and more resistant to change than are good ones. (Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenauer & Vohs, 2001)
2020 has been a very bad year. As someone pointed out -- 1918 + 1929 + 1968
= 2020. In other words, the US is facing
a pandemic - like we did in 1918, an economic depression - like we did in 1929 and race riots like we did in 1968. All at the same time.
With so much to be afraid of, how will people react?
Typically,
people react to fear by envisioning the worst possible outcomes and making risk-adverse
choices. (Chanel & Chichilnisky,
2009)
Trump
thinks this will work in his favor. But
who in their right mind would want four more years of this?
Only
61.4% of eligible Americans voted in 2016.
Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million. The presidential election is 153 days
away. Interesting times indeed.
Baumeister,
R., Bratslavsky, E., Finkenauer, F. & Vohs, K. (2001) Bad Is Stronger Than Good. Review
of General Psychology. Retrieved May
29, 2016, from http://dev.rickhanson.net/wp-content/files/papers/BadStrongerThanGood.pdf
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