The Surprised Loser: The Role of Electoral Expectations and News Media Exposure in Satisfaction with Democracy

The Surprised Loser: The Role of Electoral Expectations and News Media Exposure in Satisfaction with Democracy

People tend to predict their preferred political candidate will win an election. The resulting “surprised losers” are examined as playing a role in the established gap between electoral winners and losers on such important outcomes as trust in government and satisfaction with the electoral process a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journalism & mass communication quarterly 2014-12, Vol.91 (4), p.651-668
1. Verfasser: Hollander, Barry A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Beliefs
Cognition & reasoning
Congressional elections
Democracy
Election results
Elections
Electoral results
Emotional Response
Governance
Government (Administrative Body)
Legitimacy
Literature Reviews
Media coverage
Negative Attitudes
Negative campaigning
Networks
News media
Political campaigns
Political Candidates
Political parties
Politics
Preferences
Presidential elections
Psychological Patterns
Television news
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Zusammenfassung:People tend to predict their preferred political candidate will win an election. The resulting “surprised losers” are examined as playing a role in the established gap between electoral winners and losers on such important outcomes as trust in government and satisfaction with the electoral process and democracy. Exposure to Fox News programming can increase wishful thinking among Republican candidate supporters, but among surprised losers, it does not increase negative attitudes.
ISSN:1077-6990
2161-430X
DOI:10.1177/1077699014543380