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Working Title for the Registered Report: Reward Devaluation of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
  • Sarah Simon,
  • E. Winer
Sarah Simon
The New School for Social Research

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E. Winer
The New School for Social Research
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Abstract

In this study, we will investigate how expectations regarding the relationship between positivity and negativity may be informing election choices of leftist, left-wing, progressive, Democratic, and liberal-identifying individuals. We also aim to refine understanding of decision-making processes by collecting information about participants’ social identities (e.g., race, class, gender), experiences (e.g., activism participation), depression symptoms, and beliefs (e.g., political cynicism, social justice orientation). We hypothesize that participants likely to devalue reward will (I) report having been less likely and happy to vote for Biden-Harris, but more likely and happy to vote for Harris and Harris-Walz; (II) report lower felt negativity while imagining Trump-Vance winning; (III) report having been more likely to vote third-party before Biden stepped down; and (IV) that political cynicism will moderate reward devaluation. We outline our plans to assess our hypotheses via moderation analyses and nonparametric correlations, as well as propose exploratory analyses.
16 Aug 2024Submitted to Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
21 Aug 2024Submission Checks Completed
21 Aug 2024Assigned to Editor
22 Aug 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
02 Oct 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
02 Oct 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Major