Fascinating (some would say counter-intuitive) study (context=Israel) finds that Leftist policy support is more influenced by emotion than it is for Right-Wingers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
Importantly, the effects obtained even among non-Jewish Israelis, which suggests they are ideologically--rather than identity--related.
If these effects also hold in the US-context, they would offer considerable support to my Awokening theory
Also worth pointing out the potentially related ideological differences in need for affect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Other recent work finds that a) liberals self-report greater emotional expression than conservatives; b) liberals exhibit greater physiological displays of expressivity, and c) people perceive more emotionally expressive faces (including those of politicians) as more liberal
(From the original article) More or less echoes what I suggested in my latest piece on immigration
tabletmag.com/jewish-news-an…
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