The Grim Reaper Might Be a Republican
Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Election Through the Lens of Terror Management Theory
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Keywords: Terror Management Theory, right-shift, 2024 United States Presidential Election, mortality salience, Donald TrumpAbstract
With tensions rising between the Democratic and Republican parties of America as the 2024 presidential election approaches, I attempted to predict the outcome of the election by applying the rules of Terror Management Theory. In order to gather the information needed to reach my conclusion, I reviewed scholarly research collected from Google Scholar and explored the opinions of American civilians as reported on news and social media sites. I investigated Terror Management Theory and its possible relationship to politics, and the “right-shift,” or switch to more conservative values, present in voters who are made salient of their mortalities. Ultimately, the evidence gathered supports the notion that a right-wing candidate will emerge victorious from the 2024 presidential election.
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