POLITICAL MAGIC

BY BEN MITCHELL

VOTERS think fictional “goodies” like Harry Potter and Gandalf share the same politics as them.
And they are convinced that villains such as Darth Vader and Cruella de Vil would vote the opposite way.
Researchers fear that the trend is fuelling polarisation in politics. Dr Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte, of the University of Southampton, said: "If we see 'villains' as belonging to the other side, we also tend to associate negative attributes with that group. This is not only bad news for polarisa...

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