hope, righteous fury
dark waters, mirrors and light
disquiet runs deeper
“We normally think people with a lot of resources and political skills are the ones who participate, but many citizens in this category regularly abstain from politics. Furthermore, many citizens with few resources can be mobilized if they experience strong anger.
“Anger leads citizens to harness existing skills and resources in a given election. Therefore, the process by which emotions are produced in each campaign can powerfully alter electoral outcomes.”
Quoted from “Anger motivates people to vote, U-M study shows”
As a footnote, all the word combinations in today’s haiku appear in headlines or abstracts on the the landing page of https://www.theguardian.com/us on March 2, 2020 at 7:30AM EST.
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