Broadcast date: 1/27/2016
As the 2016 election cycle heats up, so does the rhetoric, accusations and fear mongering by politicians whose sole intent is to terrify the electorate into voting with their emotions instead of their rational minds.
And this tactic works well because when we feel fear and anxiety it is so all-consuming that we tend to grasp on to anything or anyone who promises to make the problems and discomfort all go away. So how can we calm our own anxiety about "hot button" issues such as income inequality, national security and our changing national identity, to be sure that we are casting our ballots from a place of informed power and not out of reactivity and fear?
Tune in for a conversation about what influences our voting behavior - and what issues you are most concerned about in the upcoming election. Is it possible to have an polite political discourse anymore?
