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Akamai

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14. Yup! And it can be very subtly applied. For example, if one shows pictures of graveyards,

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Sun Sep 18, 2016, 08:47 PM

Sep 2016

or if one has bottles of hand sanitizers on the table of voter registrants, this tends to make people vote Republican as it very, very subtly reminds them of their mortality. Look at the literature of "terror management" research to see how far reaching this can be.

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Why do conservatives fall for Trump? It's because of errors in our thinking and [View all] Akamai Sep 2016 OP

Very interesting info underpants Sep 2016 #1

Underpants -- very good to mark for later reading. very powerful factors at work. Akamai Sep 2016 #11

Akamai - I'll return the favor. Great read from Politico -Trumpology underpants Sep 2016 #15

It's something in their brain. onecaliberal Sep 2016 #2

Seems to be, to some degree. makes sense for it to be survival enhancing, at least in Akamai Sep 2016 #12

It certainly cannot be permitted. onecaliberal Sep 2016 #16

Trump is just another justgamma Sep 2016 #3

Why do kids rally around bullies? Chico Man Sep 2016 #4

Yup! Also over time they learn to be less empathetic to people in need, I think. Akamai Sep 2016 #13

There's a reason why demagoguery works so well with Republicans Major Nikon Sep 2016 #5

this helps explain why polling is potentially problematic. unblock Sep 2016 #6

Yup! And it can be very subtly applied. For example, if one shows pictures of graveyards, Akamai Sep 2016 #14

He still supports their main 2 policy tenets. . . Stargleamer Sep 2016 #7

Conservatives ultimately like Trump Runningdawg Sep 2016 #8

This is one of several contributing factors: Bewilderment being one of them lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #9

+1 nt flying rabbit Sep 2016 #17

Because the encoded meaning of his slogan is "make america white again." FigTree Sep 2016 #10