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Donald Trump will likely win reelection in 2020. Here's why

Even when people are unhappy with a state of affairs, they are usually disinclined to change it

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by GOP House members, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington

Musa al-Gharbi | The Conversation

Trump will most likely be reelected in 2020.

How can both of these statements be true? Here’s how:

Even when people are unhappy with a state of affairs, they are usually disinclined to change it. In my area of research, the cognitive and behavioral sciences, this is known as the “default effect.”

Software and entertainment companies exploit this tendency to empower programs to collect as much data as possible from consumers, or to keep us glued to our seats for “one more episode” of a streaming show. Overall, only