How Psychological Processes Impact Voter Decision Making

It has often been said that the political is personal. It may be more informative to say that the political is psychological. Although we like to think that voting decisions are based on a careful examination of facts and positions, a wealth of research e

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Jan D. Sinnott Joan S. Rabin Editors

The Psychology of Political Behavior in a Time of Change

Identity in a Changing World Series Editor Jan D. Sinnott, Psychology Department, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

The Identity in a Changing World book series explores the many facets of adult identity in a complex, global, rapidly changing, individual and social landscape and seeks to offer guidance on surviving and thriving in these changing environments. While humanity has always faced unparalleled (for that time) changes that impact identity, never before have information and interactions come at the current pace. This may include changes and demands in the conception of self, changes and demands coming from the local, national and global environment, and changes and demands from rapidly changing ideals and values. Contributors to the series come to it from many directions of scholarship and application, in an attempt to elucidate the many ways human psychology influences, among other things, politics, economics, values, ideals, relationships, selfhood, culture, and institutions. These explorations will culminate in suggestions for ways to mitigate the individual problems and distortions coming from a culture of rapid and confusing change. This series serves a general readership and college level students, as well as readers in many fields including researchers, practitioners, psychologists, educators, socio­ logists, political scientists, business administrators, philosophers, international relations experts, medical practitioners, and conflict specialists. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15966

Jan D. Sinnott  •  Joan S. Rabin Editors

The Psychology of Political Behavior in a Time of Change

Editors Jan D. Sinnott Department of Psychology Towson University Towson, MD, USA

Joan S. Rabin Department of Psychology Towson University Towson, MD, USA

ISSN 2523-7802     ISSN 2523-7810 (electronic) Identity in a Changing World ISBN 978-3-030-38269-8    ISBN 978-3-030-38270-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38270-4 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the pub