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What Is Political Grief, and Did It Shape the Midterms?
Original: What’s political grief? And did it shape the midterm election?
The concept of political grief — the emotional toll voters experience when political outcomes conflict with their values or identities — is being examined for its role in the US midterm elections. Commentators and mental health experts are asking whether feelings of loss, anxiety and despair over political developments influenced how people turned out, voted or disengaged during the election.
Why now: Attention is on the emotional and psychological factors that shaped voter behavior in the recent midterm elections.
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