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A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting

The Political Psychology of Voting Why Voters?The Lau and Redlawsk Framework The Role of Classic Research in Voter Decision-making Conclusion Notes Voter Decision-Making as a Process Goals Some Ideal-Type Voters William R.: The Rational Voter Anne D.: The Constrained Rational Voter Teresa C.: The Fast and Frugal Voter Warren M.: The Identity Voter Herbert S.: The Intuitive Voter Bethany A.: The Emotions Voter A Process-Oriented Framework for Voter Decision-Making Types of Information Processing Strategies Decision-Making Models Conclusion Notes The Voter’s Information Environment The Information Environment as Task Demands Experimenting with Task Demands Vote Choice and Quality The 2016 Task Demands and Information Environment: Unique or More of the Same?Indicators of Task Demands in 2016 Sources of Information Public Opinion Polls October Surprise Traditional Media Political Advertising “Fake News”Candidate Gender Conclusion Notes Good Decisions are Rational Decisions. Or are they?What is a Rational Voter?The Challenges of Being a Rational Voter Is Rationality Realistic?The Irrational Voter: Why Turn Out To Vote?Conclusion Notes The Constrained Rational Voter What Is Really Going On In People’s Heads?The Problem of Limited Knowledge Checking in with Anne D.The Retrospective Voter Another Approach: The Model 3 Fast and Frugal Voter Conclusion: Addressing Key Rational Choice Problems Notes Our Identities Matter Of Baby Boomers, Soccer Moms, and the White Working Class Identity Politics Model 2: Partisan Identity—The Traditional View Model 2: The Identity Voter Socialization, Motivated Reasoning, and Partisanship Partisan Identity and Confirmatory Decision-Making Cognitive Consistency Negative Partisanship Motivated Reasoning Race and Ethnicity as Voting Identities Partisanship as Social Identity Race and Identity Geographic Identity Gender Identity Conclusion Notes The Intuitive Voter A More Realistic Approach Herbert S.—Good Enough is Good Enough Model 4: Intuitive Voting Why Use Intuitive Strategies?Hallmarks of Intuitive Strategies What Can Go Wrong with Heuristics?When Do Heuristics Work?Conclusion Notes Emotions and Voting Two Models of Emotions Emotions and the 2016 Election Economic Anxiety Disgust and Outrage Excitement and Resentment Pride and Hope Bethany A.: The Emotions Voter Emotions and Decision-Making Affective Intelligence: Some Emotions Make You Smarter—Others May Not Conclusion Notes So, What Do Voters Do?

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The Political Psychology of Voting
Perhaps rhe first sign that Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign was more uncertain about the outcome than they let on came just a day before the election, when the campaign cancelled its celebratory fireworks over New York City’s Hudson River. No official announcement was made, and in the...
(A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting)
Guiding Catholics in Political Life
One of the primary means the USCCB uses to guide Catholics in their political behavior is through its teaching document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States. This was updated with a new “Introductory...
(The American Election 2012: Contexts and Consequences)
(b) Confusion between the various overlapping discourses, e.g. legal, ethical, social, political, psychological, spiritual, historical, human rights, economic, etc. and inappropriate domination of some discourses over others
This is a variation of the previous type of epistemological confusion. This is triggered when the overlapping discourses are not clearly differentiated; instead, either they form one amorphous and indistinguishable cluster of a monolithic stance, often of a polarised nature, or one discourse over-dominates...
(Involuntary Dislocation: Home, Trauma, Resilience, and Adversity-Activated Development)
Political psychology during pandemics
Initial reports of a new virus emerging in China were ‘not a practical warning, but a science fiction movie that had nothing to do with us’ (Jetten et al., 2020: 17). The threat posed became apparent later. As the seriousness of the threat pressed governments to implement measures that restrict public...
(Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis)
Citizen Attitudes Towards the Political System: A Crisis of Representation?
The question of the impact of the double economic crises on democratic legitimacy and trust in political institutions in the two regions is not an easy one to answer. To begin with, as David Easton pointed out (1976), specific and diffuse political support are not always connected. Therefore, sudden...
(Political Representation in Southern Europe and Latin America: Before and After the Great Recession and the Commodity Crisis)
John L. Sullivan: A Life in Political Psychology
John L. Sullivan came into this world on August 21, 1945, the fourth of Charles David Sullivan and Gladys Elizabeth Sullivan’s five children. He was born and raised in the town of Albert Lea in southern Minnesota, where he lived until he began his higher education at the University of Minnesota in...
(At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan)
Contextual Variation in the Nature and Correlates of Political Psychology Constructs
In their influential book on political tolerance in the United States, Sullivan, Piereson, and Marcus (1982) explicitly recognized that their cross-sectional findings were limited by an absence of variation in political context. The mean levels and correlates of political tolerance, they noted, might...
(At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan)
Shaping the Future of Political Psychology, One Person at a Time
Angela L. Bos and Monica C. Schneider When an extraordinary academic retires, we can tally their contributions to the field through grant dollars, publications, and citations. Other indicators of scholarly influence are the number of students advised and the quality of scholarship they produce. While...
(At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan)
Reflections on a Life in Political Psychology
John L. Sullivan I have been teaching courses in political psychology for more than 40 years. The first seminar I taught covered Gestalt theory, humanistic theory, psychoanalysis, dissonance theory, etc. The last seminar focused on motivated cognition, dual processing models, functional Magnetic Resonance...
(At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan)
Origins of Political Psychology at the University of Minnesota
The first class in political psychology at the University ofMinnesota was offered in the 1920s by psychology Professor Charles Bird. His research focused on prejudice within neighborhoods and propaganda techniques during war. A couple of decades later, when I was a one-year old. Herb McClosky completed...
(At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan)