Political Depression: A Meta-Analysis of American Polls

• In Event: Politics and Emotions: Causes and Consequences

Brief Overview

Recent scholarship suggests disappointment, sadness, and depression are related to politics when it causes irrevocable loss. Other research implies partisan heterogeneity. We advance this work through a meta-analysis of poll questions in the US.

Authors

• Christopher Ojeda, University of California, Merced

• Victoria A. Davis, University of California, Merced