Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks

iandoh writes "Stanford researchers have found that voters are subconsciously swayed by candidates who share their facial features. In three experiments, researchers at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab worked with cheap, easy-to-use computer software to morph pictures of about 600 test subjects with photos of politicians. And they kept coming up with the same results: For the would-be voters who weren't very familiar with the candidates or in perfect lockstep with their positions or political parties, the facial similarity was enough to clinch their votes."

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Re:I can confirm from my work.

[Archangel Michael]

You can't do everything I do.

I can hold a whole 4U rack mount server, in place, in a rack, all by myself, while one of the other guys bolts it into the rack.

You don't have the upper body strength to do it, and I don't know many people who do. (I really am 6'5" and a solid 130+kg).

On the other hand, you probably wouldn't have struggled as much as I did, crawling around to get cat 6 cable pulled through the crawl space under the building.

On the other hand, I'd love to see you laying down under a desk trying to fix something while wearing a skirt.