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2020 Candidate Endorsements are the Epitome of Group Think
We’re finally back in an election year, and if you’re like me, you’re hoping that we get someone new in office. For months now, we’ve been watching the debates and where each candidate stands on different issues. Personally, I tapped out of the debates back in November because I have a pretty good idea on where each candidate stands, and it’s just become repetitive at this point.
Aside from all of the news around the candidates and where they stand on different issues, we’re being flooded with other news about who is endorsing who. As someone who is fascinated with psychology and human behavior, candidate endorsements hurt my soul. Groupthink is one of the worst epidemics that the human race has been enduring since the dawn of man.
Candidate endorsements are used both as a tool to boost a candidate’s image as well as a weapon to tear a candidate down. Most recently, there was major controversy when Joe Rogan said he’d “probably vote for Bernie”, and Sanders ended up using that clip in an ad.
Whenever I see endorsements of any kind for a candidate, it makes me lose a little faith in humanity because of the underlying problem; we’re too lazy to do our own research, so we’ll just go with who others like.
