Subliminal persuasion in voting??

Question

I am not affiliated, I am not very political, I went to vote in the primarys today with two people in mind. I had to choose between a Republican or Democratic ballod. One was blue and one was pink. I choose the pink for Democratic, but, if I did not know any better I would have choos the more popular color, blue. What do you think about the color thing?????

Answer 1

This is actually an excellent question.

In my opinion there shouldn't be any color difference for the exact reasons you state in your question.

It has been scientifically proven that people in an election tend to choose candidates that are either on the first or last position. No doubt colors influence people's decisions as well.

The vast majority of people go vote undecided of what candidate they want. Many don't even know who are the candidates and what do they represent (sad, I know, but it's the truth). When they come to the voting booth, there's where they make their decision. And as stated above, the position of the candidate is crucial. So is probably the color with which his/her name is written with.

Again, great question.

Answer 2

uh, well i would have chosen pink because it's pretty and I'm girlie. However, I don't vote just for the hell of it, which is why I would have chosen blue. So no I don't think there is "subliminal" persuasion, unless someone goes in to vote as stupid as you. no offense, but you said yourself you're not political, you shouldn't vote if you don't know what you're voting for

Answer 3

Sweet pea, does "pea" relate to your brain size? The shame of the whole thing is that your vote was counted, the same as the vote of others who really cared and knew what they were doing.