Marks and Martin began studying how this process applies to political decision-making three years ago, as the messenger heuristic appeared to take over other long-held views of the American voting public.
But by October , just before they voted for Donald Trump, this group had completely changed its mind, with 72 per cent deciding that a candidate they knew to be personally immoral could still be a moral president.
Voters dramatically reoriented their views to suit their preferred candidate. Photo By Getty. Coming to you daily during COP Norton of the Harvard School of Business organized this discussion. Politicians lie to protect or advance what they see as a moral endeavor, like invading Iraq or cutting off 'welfare queens.
Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton, Harvard University. Well, I'm not a crook. Hide Caption. Bill Clinton: 'I did not have sexual relations John Edwards: 'The story is false' — After being confronted with allegations of a mistress and child, John Edwards, the one-time presidential hopeful told The National Enquirer: " The story is false. It's completely untrue, ridiculous. Anthony Weiner: 'I had no idea what happened Sometimes a prank is a prank.
Eric Massa: 'It is not true. Period' — Eric Massa, the former congressman from New York who resigned facing an investigation over allegations of inappropriate conduct with male staffers, first said he didn't grope staffers but had been involved in a "tickle party. I don't know how else to answer your question. Rod Blagojevich: 'I have done nothing wrong' — Rod Blagojevich, the one-time Illinois governor who was convicted of political corruption charges, left, denied he tried to sell a vacant U.
Senate seat once held by Barack Obama: "I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong.
Edwin Edwards: 'I did not do anything wrong Edwards announced in March that he would run for the House seat in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. Kwame Kilpatrick: 'Hell yeah! I want some more' — Kwame Kilpatrick is the former Detroit mayor who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after investigators showed text messages between him and his mistress involving sex that he said never happened.
In response to her text about whether he missed her sexually, he replied: " Hell yeah! You couldn't tell. I want some more. This disconnect between perceived accuracy and support for a politician has now been shown repeatedly by our team and also by other researchers using a different methodology. Research led by Oliver Hahl of Carnegie Mellon University has identified the specific circumstances in which people accept politicians who lie.
For populist politicians, such as Trump and Johnson, who explicitly pit a mythical people against an equally mythical elite, blatant disregard for facts only underscores their authenticity in the eyes of supporters. No amount of factchecking will reduce the appeal of Trump, Johnson, Duterte, Bolsonaro or any other populist demagogue around the world.
To defang demagogues, and to make lying unacceptable again, requires that voters regain trust in the political system. The research by Hahl and his colleagues also showed that when people consider a political system to be legitimate and fair, they reject politicians who tell untruths and they resent being lied to. So the key to moving on involves pursuing politics that reduce the appeal of populist demagogues and that create incentives for politicians to be more honest. There is no quick and easy recipe for this process.
But it is clear that we need to have a political conversation about income inequality.
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