# An op-ed by Prof. Adam Alter on republicans' threats to move to Canada after Romney loss

1 Faculty News November 7, 2012 ![The Atlantic logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031336.jpg?itok=T4ciY3Gl)>

Excerpt from [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/youre-not-moving-to-canada-the-psychology-of-post-election-melodrama/264896/) -- "Just after the election, Republicans are hurting -- but they'll calm down just as Kerry supporters did when Bush was elected to a second term in 2004. The question, then, is why we're treated to this spike in melodrama every four years. And the answer comes down to a simple psychological truth: that people have no idea how much pain they'll feel when they experience a dreaded outcome."

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