🧵 What Candidates Make You Care About—And Why It Matters More Than You Think
#PrimingPower

This series is part of the Forum’s effort to build cognitive resilience through clear, research-backed public education.

We trace how influence works—not just what it says.

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Source:
Shaki, Aumann & Kraus (2024)

Voter Priming Campaigns: Strategies, Equilibria, and Algorithms
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We often think of elections as battles of ideas.

But they’re really contests over attention.

Candidates don’t need to change your mind.

They only need to change what you care about most.

That’s priming—and here’s what the research shows.

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