UCLA political science and psychology professor EfrĂ©n PĂ©rez says one of the strongest emotions activating this yearâs election is anger.Â
âWhen you trigger anger collectively among some groups of people, that’s one of the most energizing emotional states,â he says. âYouâre already seen snippets of this, people waiting in rainstorms, waiting hours to cast their ballot. And it’s not lost on me that a lot of those individuals happen to be people of color. And itâs because theyâre mad.â