If a stance change is purely a pander, the politician would be put in a position of having to publicly espouse a false belief while seeming to be sincere about it in public," said Nalder. "That sort of duplicity is undoubtedly psychologically taxing if the issue resonates with core values."
The psychological burden of supporting a stance out of harmony with one's personal beliefs may not weigh on the mind if the stance represents one's constituency.
Politicians with "psychological burdens." Who knew? Politicians with "core values." Huh?
