This specific type of bias explains the hardcore conservatism of people like Ted Cruz

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This specific type of bias explains the hardcore conservatism of people like Ted Cruz
by Theresa Fisher, VanWinkles at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/this-specific-type-of-bias-explains-the-hardcore-conservatism-of-people-like-ted-cruz/

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During this campaign season, many have argued (ourselves included) that sleep deprivation explains Donald Trump’s behavior as well as anything does. But, while the GOP front-runner is a sexist, batty bombast with the ethical rigidity of a water-logged gummy bear, he isn’t politically conservative in the traditional sense, and neither are his supporters. Ideologically, he’s a man of the people — well, he’s whatever man a reactionary, fickle people demands at the moment. He’s a shape-shifter; the non-solid, non-liquid diet prescribed to people without teeth. (At least we can count on Yogurt to expire by summer.)

Ted Cruz, however, is an ultra-conservative ideologue through and through. And his real supporters (that is, people who like him because they share his vision, not because he’s “anyone but Trump”) similarly epitomize the far-right mindset. Cruz, as many have noted, capitalizes on apocalyptic fear. He appeals to people who, like him, appear to see fire, brimstone, fetal pain and big bad government at every turn.

Though we don’t have any concrete reason to believe that Cruz rejects rest like Trump does, sleep deprivation could conceivably underlie he and his supporters’ Debbie Downer-ism. Or, it’s possible that Cruz and his base unconsciously process the world in a way that predisposes them to Tea Party political leanings. Why? Both sleep deprivation and political conservatism have been linked to negativity bias, a psychological phenomenon describing a tendency to pay disproportionate attention to negative cues in the environment.

Both sleep deprivation and political conservatism have been linked to negativity bias, a psychological phenomenon describing a tendency to pay disproportionate attention to negative cues in the environment.


Sleep-deprived people, research has shown, exhibit a stronger negativity bias than those who log sufficient sack-time. And, a team of political scientists and psychologists at the University of Nebraska recently found a link between political conservatism and negativity bias. In fact, their study, to be published in the journal Behavioral Brain Research, suggests that the more politically conservative someone is, the stronger their negativity bias will be.


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1. That's it. I knew Cruz has been mezmerizing his followers!!! Seriously...maybe the GOP

intentionally has been emotionally exhausting their base.