TY - JOUR
T1 - American roulette
T2 - The effect of reminders of death on support for George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election
AU - Cohen, Florette
AU - Ogilvie, Daniel M.
AU - Solomon, Sheldon
AU - Greenberg, Jeff
AU - Pyszczynski, Tom
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of a subtle reminder of death on voting intentions for the 2004 U.S. presidential election. On the basis of terror management theory and previous research, we hypothesized that a mortality salience induction would increase support for President George W. Bush and decrease support for Senator John Kerry. In late September 2004, following a mortality salience or control induction, registered voters were asked which candidate they intended to vote for. In accord with predictions, Senator John Kerry received substantially more votes than George Bush in the control condition, but Bush was favored over Kerry following a reminder of death, suggesting that President Bush's re-election may have been facilitated by nonconscious concerns about mortality in the aftermath of September 11, 2002.
AB - An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of a subtle reminder of death on voting intentions for the 2004 U.S. presidential election. On the basis of terror management theory and previous research, we hypothesized that a mortality salience induction would increase support for President George W. Bush and decrease support for Senator John Kerry. In late September 2004, following a mortality salience or control induction, registered voters were asked which candidate they intended to vote for. In accord with predictions, Senator John Kerry received substantially more votes than George Bush in the control condition, but Bush was favored over Kerry following a reminder of death, suggesting that President Bush's re-election may have been facilitated by nonconscious concerns about mortality in the aftermath of September 11, 2002.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00063.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00063.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29244462018
SN - 1529-7489
VL - 5
SP - 177
EP - 187
JO - Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
JF - Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
IS - 1
ER -