Lessons learned: Politicians who communicate with humility are more likely to get votes
By
Elissa Scherer
Experiment one: 477 participants reported their ideal level of intellectual humility for a made-up politician who was either from their own political party or the opposing party, and in either a competitive (e.g., campaigning in a difficult reelection) or cooperative (e.g., providing emergency services after a natural disaster) situation.
Experiment two: 843 participants rated warmth and competence of made-up politicians that were communicating with low or high intellectual humility in either cooperative or competitive situations. Participants also indicated how likely they would be to vote for the made-up politician. Additionally, participants were asked to rate what an ideal level of intellectual humility was for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, as well as their perceptions of how much intellectual humility they actually show and how likely they were to vote for them.
