Inside the Mind of a Voter - A New Approach to Electoral Psychology

An in-depth look into the psychology of voters around the world, how voters shape elections, and how elections transform citizens and affect their livesCould understanding whether elections make people happy and bring them closure matter more than who they vote for? What if people did not vote for what they want but for what they believe is rig

About the author

Michael Bruter is professor of political science at the London School of Economics and director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory (EPO). Sarah Harrison is assistant professorial research fellow at the LSE and deputy director of the EPO. They are the coauthors of Mapping Extreme Right Ideology, The Future of Our Democracies, and, with Bart Cammaerts, Shaku Banaji, and Nick Anstead, Youth Participation in Democratic Life.

Summary

An in-depth look into the psychology of voters around the world, how voters shape elections, and how elections transform citizens and affect their lives

Additional text

"Honorable Mention for the Stein Rokkan Prize, European Consortium for Political Research and the International Science Council"

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bruter, Michael Harrison Bruter, Sarah Harrison
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9780691215402
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21540-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Social, group or collective psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Political science and theory, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism