In the 2020 election, many Americans chose to vote due to their hatred of the opposing candidate, rather than their fondness for their chosen politician. A study published in American Political Research seeks to understand the dynamics behind this so-called “negative voting” pattern. Politics is regularly a field that contains a lot of negativities, but the 2020 American presidential election was particularly difficult and polarizing. Negative voting is a choice made by constituents to vote for a certain candidate, not because they want to support them, but because they do not want their oppos…
