Stanford CIS

Study Finds That Terrorism Alerts Boost President's Ratings

By Stanford Center for Internet and Society on

"When the federal government issues a terrorist warning, presidential approval ratings jump, a Cornell University sociologist finds. Interestingly, terrorist warnings also boost support for the president on issues that are largely irrelevant to terrorism, such as his handling of the economy."

Should we expect another terror warning in the next couple of weeks or would that be too transparent?

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