Following national elections, voters rewrite

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Following national elections, voters rewrite their memories of the political event and distort their initial expectations to align closely with the eventual outcome. These self-serving cognitive biases protect individual self-esteem and group identity, helping to maintain profound partisan divides.
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Voters rewrite past election predictions to protect their political identities

Voters often warp their memories of an election to align with the actual results. A new psychological study reveals how partisan biases shape our memories, leading people to subconsciously rewrite their past predictions to protect their political identiti...

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