Why Kamala Harris' criticism of Joe Biden's record on race worked (via CNNOpinion)
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Political scientist Kathleen McGraw offered two other possible explanations for this so-called"negativity bias" in the"Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology":"Negative information tends to be more diagnostic as to underlying traits and abilities, and it draws more attention because negative acts and attributes are less common than positive ones.
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