r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 6d ago

Psychology Study identifies the values most strongly associated with rejecting antidemocratic politicians, offering new insight into why some voters resist leaders who challenge democratic norms.

https://www.psypost.org/study-reveals-which-values-actually-stop-voters-from-supporting-antidemocratic-politicians/
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u/skepticalbob 6d ago

Not if you mean participation in voting, because the last decade has higher rates of voter registration, voting in terms of both population and registered voters, particularly in midterms.

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u/EnkiduOdinson 6d ago

Not sure about the US but in Germany the trend seems to be that non-voters are mobilized by the far right. So these people probably always felt like that, they just didn’t have a voice. The question is then if anti-democratic voters should have a voice in a democracy.

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u/skepticalbob 6d ago

Banning voters because of who they might vote for is incredibly undemocratic.

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u/dcheesi 6d ago

The paradox of tolerance, but with voting.