Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences offered some theories about President Trump’s continued appeal to his supporters. Research has shown that political conservatism is correlated to an intolerance for uncertainty, which supports “the general notion that conservative voters would enjoy Trump’s simple and ‘certain’ declarations about the world,” she said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/trump-digital-campaign.html The New York Times