Approval

In Targeted Republican Districts, Voters Turn on Congress and Their Own Members

Margie Omero | Posted 03.27.2012

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It's long been a truism of polling that voters hate Congress, but like their own Congressperson. Well, in targeted Republican-held Congressional districts, that's no longer true.

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Approval Is Highly Overrated

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 01.18.2012

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The biggest reason I have found why people don't dare to bring forth their unique gift, to sing their song loudly to the world, is our addiction to approval. Or to put it another way, our deadly fear of disapproval.

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Self, How Did I Get Here?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 12.11.2011

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With each choice we make, our life picks up a little bit of steam, until, sometimes, before we know it, we find the life we're living is one that's being driven by inertia, heading off in some direction we never planned.

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How I Stopped Judging Myself

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 11.25.2011

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As I became more and more aware of how often and how harshly I judged myself, I finally made the connection: Disapproving of myself led to needing others' approval.

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Pick a You, Any You: The Emotional Cost of Living Online

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 11.18.2011

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Where did we become convinced that the faux is any more acceptable than the real? And why do we so readily buy into the idea that the images everyone else is presenting are any more real than our own?

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Why Candidates Win: Tactics vs. Fundamentals

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 11.07.2011

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Today's NYT news analysis by Jeff Zeleny offers a classic example of how journalists attribute political success to tactical strategies.

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Who Holds Power Over You?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

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How often have your sacrificed your own self-approval in favor of that short-lived approval from another to whom you have assigned power over you?

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Groups Versus Swings in Elections

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The implication in Emory professor Alan Abramowitz's finding is that politicians spend too much time worrying about targeting specific groups and too little on what moves support up and down across groups (principally, the economy).

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Takeover Takeaways

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional Republicans who think the outcome of this election is a mandate for their view of governance are overstating the case and run the risk of the kind of overreach some say the hurt the Democrats.

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The F Word: Learning from Roosevelt(s)

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President has a Rooseveltian opportunity, columnist Frank Rich wrote this weekend. Teddy Roosevelt was on his mind: stand off against the Titans o...

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Would You Like To Stop Worrying About What Others Think?

Morty Lefkoe | Posted 11.17.2011

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There is one specific belief that anyone with this problem almost certainly has: "What makes me good enough is having people think well of me."

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3 Types of Perfectionistic Hunger

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ask yourself: What am I hungering for? What am I chasing: perfection, approval, certainty, validation?

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Digging In To Obama's (And Republicans') Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama continues to ride a wave of public support as we approach the magic "100th day" of his presidency. Since I wrote about his 100 days (94 ...

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Obama Should Be Ashamed Only Two-Thirds Approve of Him

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

People are weighing their own impressions of our new president with what the media is telling them to believe. For the most part, they are deciding that the media's take is wrong.

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A Surprise In Obama's Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Rather than looking at the overall picture of how Obama's doing in the polls, I have been noticing something interesting which I don't believe others have picked up on.

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Rooting for Rush

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

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The analysis on Rush is easy. Historically, he has had zero impact on the outcome of elections. The truth is, Limbaugh's political influence is not vast at all.

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