Wishing really hard for something won’t necessarily make it come true, but a new study from a UConn researcher indicates up to 90% of voters expect their side to win an election, a percentage that’s significantly increased over the last 15 years.
“I’m hard-pressed to say why this type of wishful thinking is good,” says Seth Warner, an assistant professor in UConn’s Department of Political Science. “It could be a somewhat healthy coping mechanism, I suppose. Uncertainty creates stress in our lives, and wishful thinking probably alleviates some of that stress. But I’d say the reasons this is bad are
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