Yet that does not stop pundits and commentators who haven t a shred of psychological expertise or background from putting out pseudopsychological babble of their own when trying to explain the actions of the electorate or the moods of the country. People have feelings coming from unconscious factors. And those feelings color their decisions, hence their affinities, proclivities, and votes. And when they vote, they vote for people who they identify with. Small wonder when we call these politicians our representatives in the government.
People don t just want politicians who represent or advance their issues .
So angry people will identify with angry candidates, and the fates of those candidates will become their own. People live vicariously through politicians and other people in power, not just through sports celebrities. Folks also know that their representatives in government will make decisions based upon information that they will never receive, nor would they want to hear it all. Politicians like lawyers, doctors, accountants, plumbers, mechanics, computer techs, you name it are paid to know things and to do something about things that people for the most part don t want to know or hear about. Yet it is not that people don t care what these people who act on their behalf do , any differently than their caring whether their accountant or mechanic acts on their behalf.