"We have in our minds that the people who support the other candidate are these narrow stereotypes of what we've seen in the media, and what our own minds created due to our cognitive biases. We tend to see people on the other side as being extreme, irrational, and driven by hatred. But that's a distortion of who most people are."
"While knocking on doors in rural Pennsylvania the week before the election, Israel met a couple planning to vote different ways. She remarked on how difficult that must be for them to navigate. And this woman said, Oh, he's a Steelers fan. I'm an Eagles fan,' she recalls. We know how to do this."
"There are strategies you can use to keep things civil. Time the conversation carefully... Give yourself time to celebrate or grieve, neither will happen overnight. Focus on talking to people who voted for the same candidate as you, who are experiencing the same emotions."
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