Why Do Local Elections Matter for Psychologists? A Political Psychology Podcast Episode.

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of local elections for psychologists and their impact on mental health and community services.

The majority of people think that local councils only collect their bins and they don't do anything else for them. However, local elections are a lot more important than people realize. From funding and policy on education, healthcare, mental health services and so much more, your local council directly impacts your life in endless ways. Especially for psychologists. Whenever a local council makes a decision to change mental health, education and adult social care funding, this single decision creates a ripple effect across a local community that can harm or benefit mental health. Therefore, in this political psychology podcast episode, you'll learn why do local elections matter for psychologists, why is voter turnout so low for local elections and most importantly, how do we improve voter turnout. If you enjoy learning about voter behaviour, systemic factors behind mental health and more, then this will be a brilliant episode for you. LISTEN NOW! If you want to support the podcast, please check out: FREE AND EXCLUSIVE 8 PSYCHOLOGY BOOK BOXSET- https://www.subscribepage.io/psychologyboxset Applied Psychology: Applying Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and More to Real World…

People in this episode

Host: Connor Whiteley

Topics covered

• local elections
• political psychology
• voter turnout
• mental health
• education policy

Keywords

• local councils
• voter behavior
• mental health services
• education funding
• community impact

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