Bindesh Shrestha » Psychology http://www.bindesh.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Why people vote against their own interests? http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests/ http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:46:48 +0000 Bindesh Shrestha http://www.bindesh.com/?p=59 BBC's report written by David Runciman examines why people vote against their own interests. According to him and other psychologists, such as Drew Weston , people vote based on emotions. So good emotional stories rather than facts convince voters. Original article is here.

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Summary Report
http://bit.ly/SociallyAwkward

Original Article
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/18/0909579106.abstract

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