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How the 2016 presidential election will shape American identity

  • Written by Viviane Seyranian, Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

The 2016 American presidential election will boil down to one simple question:

Who do we want to be as Americans?

The language used by the leading presidential candidates reveals that both candidates want to appeal to what it means to be American – though this may mean different things for each of them.

On Tuesday, presumptive Democratic...

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