ECONOMIC PERCEPTIONS AND VOTING BEHAVIOR IN US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

The economic voting literature disagrees over the exogeneity of economic perceptions on individual electoral behavior.One side argues that economic perceptions are driven by partisan dispositions, which then calls into question the substantive importance of this factor in assessing electoral behavior.A second side argues that voters rationally asse

Metaphors extracted from COVID-19-related online texts offer a unique lens for examining how individuals perceive the pandemic.Users from distinct linguistic backgrounds may select varying source domains to discuss COVID-19, with these choices influenced by multiple factors.Utilizing Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) theory and employing the Metapho