Quartz published an op-ed by Jessica Tracy, a UBC psychology professor, about the elements that helped Donald Trump win the U.S. presidential election.
“Roughly 47 per cent of American voters chose Trump not because they were afraid of him, but because they saw him as their bully—the tough guy who would stand up for them, and make others afraid,” she wrote. “These people know that Trump is arrogant to the point of obnoxiousness, and they know that he can be mean. But these are exactly the traits that attract them.”
