Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns use fundamentally different moral rhetoric, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-democratic-republican-presidential-campaigns-fundamentally.html

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Spacebar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Care and Fairness vs Sanctity, Authority and Loyalty.

Guess which appeals to which party.

Now guess which type of person prefers which rhetoric.

cnx@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3y

guess which type of person prefers which rhetoric

The answer would surprise you, see The Righteous Mind for elaborations, but TL;DR while the US Republicans succeed at capturing morally more diverse population, especially (and ironically) the rural and working-class, the US Democrats still fail to cater to or even acknowledge foundations other than care, liberty and fairness.