How did ‘learned helplessness’ become commonly used to describe US voters? | US politics
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 22, 2024
Illustration: Sebastian König/The Guardian
“Biden Is Trying to Jolt Us Out of Learned Helplessness About Trump,” read the headline of a New York Times op-ed in January, which argued that “[Donald] Trump’s exhausting provocations” were wearing out voters who saw opposing the former president’s re-election as a “doomed project”.
Six months later, the mood was slightly more optimistic. 
