Culture Expert Explains Why Vibes Determined the U.S. Presidential Election

Dr. Marcus Collins, a clinical assistant professor of marketing at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and author of “For the Culture,” explains to Brooks Miller, Executive Vice President of Influencer Marketing at Edelman, why “vibes” helped former President Donald Trump win the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “We make decisions based off of what we feel, and we post-hoc rationalize them with the data available to us. Because we make most of our decisions in life as such, why would voting be any different?” Marcus says.