Threat makes voters abandon partisanship and seek candidate-specific information.
Evidence
Because a political campaign is a struggle between competing partisans, some citizens, though not all, experience the cut-and-thrust of politics as threatening. People unaroused will safely vote their standing choice while those pricked by anxiety will perk up, gather new information, and perhaps abandon their old habits. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1708 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Politicians can disregard evidence openly when partisanship outweighs facts for their voters. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 80; Anxiety shifts voters from party loyalty to contemporary candidate evaluations.; Politically anxious voters gather new information and may abandon old habits. (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Anxiety in voters spurs information-seeking that can break old voting habits
#corroborates(0.93) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1708 - Politically anxious voters gather new information and may abandon old habits.
#corroborates(0.92) - Confronting unknown threats makes people fall back on texts.
#complicates(0.72)