A Psychologist's Take on the Conservative Appeal

Roy Eidelson, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and the father of two SNAP members, has recently composed an online video explicating the ways in which conservatives have so successfully exploited Americans' psychology of late.

In particular, he argues that conservatives have done a better job than progressives at appealing to five core concerns: vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority, and helplessness. Naturally, this bears directly on what progressives must do differently if we hope to retake Congress in Novemeber.

The video, entitled Dangerous Ideas, is well worth considering, and it's available here.