{"id":245,"date":"2020-11-14T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2020-11-14T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:01:13","slug":"the-emotional-politics-of-2020-fear-and-loathing-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/the-emotional-politics-of-2020-fear-and-loathing-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"The emotional politics of 2020: fear and loathing in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"453\" 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class=\"US203bio\"><strong>Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen<\/strong><br><br>Professor in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, and Ander Visiting Professor of Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden, in 2020\/21.Her research focuses on journalism and citizenship, and she has authored or edited ten books, close to 70 journal articles and more than 40 book chapters.<br><br><em>Twitter: @KarinWahlJ<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?resize=400%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_3_candidates.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"US203\"> Section 3: Candidates and the campaign<\/h5>\n<div class=\"page-list\"><ul class=\"list-group-item\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-248\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/character-and-image-in-the-u-s-presidential-election-a-psychological-perspective\/\">Character and image in the U.S. presidential election: a psychological perspective<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-251\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/branding-and-its-limits\/\">Branding and its limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-254\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/celtic-connections-reading-the-roots-of-biden-and-trump\/\">Celtic connections: reading the roots of Biden and Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-258\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/kamala-harris-bobby-jindal-and-the-construction-of-indian-american-identity-in-political-campaigns\/\">Kamala Harris, Bobby Jindal, and the construction of Indian American identity in political campaigns<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-261\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/stratagems-of-hate-decoding-donald-trumps-denigrating-rhetoric-in-the-2020-presidential-campaign\/\">Stratagems of hate: decoding Donald Trump\u2019s denigrating rhetoric in the 2020 presidential campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/campaign-finance-and-the-2020-u-s-election\/\">Campaign finance and the 2020 U.S. election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/the-emperor-had-no-clothes-after-all\/\">The emperor had no clothes, after all<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-3-candidates-and-the-campaign\/trumps-tribal-appeal-us-vs-them\/\">Trump\u2019s tribal appeal: Us vs. Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>We usually expect presidents to be in command of their emotions. By contrast, Donald Trump has always been characterized by his emotional volatility and unreliably, often compared to a tantrum-throwing toddler. Marina Hyde, reflecting on the president\u2019s response to his impending election loss in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/nov\/06\/president-donald-trump-temper-tantrum-meltdown\">Guardian article<\/a>&nbsp;on November 6, 2020, suggested that for \u201cparents of small children, Donald Trump\u2019s latest meltdown is extremely, totally, instantly recognizable.\u201d At the time of writing, the hashtag #trumptantrum is trending on Twitter, with users sharing memes and video clips poking fun of the president\u2019s refusal to accept defeat in the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s emotional register, however volatile, has always been dominated by anger. This is significant because the recent history of U.S. politics has been largely characterised by emotional regimes of positivity. In particular, presidents often draw on the positive and forward-looking emotion of hope. For example, Barack Obama\u2019s \u201cHope\u201d poster became iconic in his campaign, while Bill Clinton branded himself \u201cThe Man From Hope\u201d \u2013 conveniently, of course, he originally hailed from Hope, Arkansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, although Trump\u2019s mantra, \u201cMake America Great Again,\u201d embodied hope for a transformative future, this was countered by his consistently and essentially angry rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s anger has been put to good use and could be seen as essential to his brand of politics. I have previously made the case that we can see Trump\u2019s brand of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0163443718772190\">\u201cangry populism\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;as an indication of a change in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/navigation-of-feeling\/83059CF2A4ECACC12D5C38DC719D0B51\">\u201cemotional regime\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 or the dominant ways of talking about emotions in public which underpin political regimes. Trump\u2019s anger propelled him to office because it allowed him to voice the discontent of voters who have felt left behind by globalization, economic transformations and cultural change. But in doing so, it also signaled the salience of an angrier form of politics more generally \u2013 a shift we have seen played out over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Trump\u2019s angry populism clearly continues to resonate with his core voters, with more than 70 million casting their ballots for him, it also appears to have lost some of its shine amid the profound crises facing the world and the United States in 2020. Perhaps most obviously, it is easier to be successful as an angry challenger than an angry incumbent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, more importantly, there is evidence to suggest a shift in the emotional regime as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. While there is no doubt that the Black Lives Matter protests were driven by anger at the injustice of police violence, the overwhelming mood of 2020 has been one of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@karinwj\/preface-to-the-japanese-edition-emotions-media-and-politics-8721f5ed3317\">fear<\/a>. People are afraid of the virus itself, as well as of its economic and social consequences. Although theorists of emotion often view fear as an emotion driven by irrationality, in this case the fear could be seen as both reasonable and justified given the frankly terrifying circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here, the responses of Trump and Biden to this fear have reflected an important and fundamental difference between their responses to this fear. Trump\u2019s strategy has been one of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-virus-denial.html\">denialism<\/a>. From the very earliest days of the pandemic, when he reassured citizens that the disease would disappear \u201clike a miracle,\u201d&nbsp; to his insistence, after returning from hospital treatment for coronavirus at the Walter Reed Medical Center, that Americans shouldn\u2019t \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/oct\/05\/donald-trump-walter-reed-hospital-covid-19\">be afraid of it<\/a>,\u201d he has consistently sought to minimize the severity of the pandemic which has so far killed 237,000 citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, Biden has made the coronavirus the key theme of the election, leading to a surge in support among&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-poll-analysis-idUSKBN26U113\">older voters<\/a>&nbsp;who have been justifiably concerned about Trump\u2019s handling of the pandemic given their greater vulnerability. He has consistently emphasized the need for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/covid-plan\/\">clear plan<\/a>&nbsp;for handling the pandemic, tackling the fears head on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden may not come across as the most&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/04\/28\/joe-biden-is-not-candidate-future-which-might-be-why-he-wins\/\">charismatic and energetic<\/a>&nbsp;presidential candidate, but much of his appeal can be ascribed to the fact that&nbsp;<em>he<\/em>&nbsp;is not Trump. As such, he has benefited from another negative political emotion \u2013 loathing of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fear and loathing do not offer a promising starting point for an optimistic vision for the future. But the ambition of facing the fears \u2013 and taking action to solve its causes \u2013 offers a more hopeful emotional politics, and possibly the best way forward. The scenes of celebration on the streets of New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. following on from networks calling the election for Biden also highlight the importance of positive emotions \u2013 including joy and relief. While Biden\u2019s path ahead is rocky given the intense polarization and division of the U.S., whipped up by the force of angry populism, it also holds the possibility of a future of overcoming the fears that has for so&nbsp;long seemed out of reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen Professor in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, and Ander Visiting Professor of Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden, in 2020\/21.Her research focuses on journalism and citizenship, and she has authored or edited ten books, close to 70 journal articles and more than 40 book chapters. 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