[extropy-chat] Re: Politics: US talks of suspending elections

[Brian Lee]

Actually, negative adds make people not vote.

So Kerry plays anti-Bush ads and fewer Bush supporters vote.
Bush plays anti-Kerry ads and fewer Kerry supporters vote.

I found this link through google:
http://pcl.stanford.edu/common/docs/research/iyengar/1996/goingneg.html
but I also found some contrary papers so I could be wrong.

My thinking is that negative ads and hatred don't motivate people to vote 
and/or to change their situation. Positivity and hope for improvement 
motivate people to vote.

BAL

>From: Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: [extropy-chat] Re: Politics: US talks of suspending elections
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:47:09 -0400
>
>Brian Lee writes:
>
>>The problem is that hate is not a motivator to go out and vote.
>
>I thought that hate was the best motivator for voting, and that was why 
>politicians prefer attack ads to issue ads.
>
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>Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, CISA, CISM, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC
><HarveyNewstrom.com>
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