Harvard Kennedy School professor explores the emotional toll of losing elections
Research 11.4.14 Photograph by Denise Cross Photography/Flickr (photograph has been cropped from original) Partisan loyalty is an important part of personal identity for many Americans, who hold on to their fidelity to true-blue Democrats or deep-red Republicans. A new Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty working paper has found that, as a result, casting a ballot for a losing candidate can have effects that go far beyond intellectual disappointment with resulting policies. Voting, in fact, can be an emotional affair, significantly affecting short-term happiness and sadness. “Losing Hurts...
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