Psychologists figured out lawmakers' manipulative trick to pass bad laws

Psychologists figured out lawmakers' manipulative trick to pass bad laws

Psychologists have been writing increasingly penetrating stories about American politics, from explaining why President Donald Trump’s supporters remain loyal to him and how his rhetoric impresses them to the manner in which conservatives view smiling as a power play.Now a new study explains how Congress manipulates people on all sides to support legislation — that is, by naming those laws after people whose stories can evoke sympathy. And the s…