How Emotion Influences Voters

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Political psychologist Drew Westen says that successful politicians must appeal to voters’ hearts, maybe even more than to voters’ minds. His recent book is The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.

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