Hypothesis: Voters reward us for stoking their fears, not saving their asses

[Hortensis]

5. Not this voter. Fear makes me want to take action.

Though I can’t take credit to that as a born liberal I’m less inclined to fear than conservatives typically are. I certainly don’t fear change just because it’s change.

And I am a stranger to “learned helplessness,” a psychological term worth looking up, though I can’t take credit for being less vulnerable to that dysfunction because I’m female.