The Alarmingly High, Frustratingly Unknown Stakes of Election 2024
There are three good reasons why Democrats and Republicans alike are using apocalyptic, this-might-be-the-last-election closing arguments in what has been a double-hateworthy 2024 campaign. First, the hair-on-fire tactic works—at least until it doesn’t. Negative framing is naturally stickier in our brains. Second, it’s plausible. Voters are in a persistently glum mood about today’s economy (46 percent rate it as “poor,” per Gallup), tomorrow’s (62 percent say “worse”), and the overall direction of the country (72 percent negative). Many have […]