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Councils' Actions Do Not Engage Finns, Disappointment the Most Common Emotion

Close to 75 percent of adult Finns experience negative emotions or insignificance toward their municipal or city councils’ actions. These results emerge from an empathy study conducted by NayaDaya, YouGov, and Statista. In the study, Finns were asked about their emotions toward their own local municipality, city, or the respective councils’ actions. Based on the survey results, almost two thirds...

Taking the Coronavirus Vaccine Arouses Emotions: One Third Experiences Relief, One Fifth is Afraid

Study reveals the Finns’ emotions and intentions toward taking the coronavirus vaccine. The results serve as a basis for understanding emotions, having a constructive public discussion, and preventing the Covid-19 pandemic. This empathy study was conducted in January in cooperation with NayaDaya, YouGov and Statista. Clearly over half (57 %) of the Finns experience positive emotions toward...

Fear about own Finances Equally Common in Low and High Income Households

Students are more carefree about their economic situation than others, tells NayaDaya’s latest empathy study in Finland. Only slightly over one fourth of entrepreneurs experience their own finances negatively. Almost half of the Finns express primarily positive emotions toward their own economic situation while over one third’s emotions are negative. Approximately 15 procent of the citizens are...

Fear about own Finances Equally Common in Low and High Income Households

Students are more carefree about their economic situation than others, tells NayaDaya’s latest empathy study in Finland. Only slightly over one fourth of entrepreneurs experience their own finances negatively. Almost half of the Finns express primarily positive emotions toward their own economic situation while over one third’s emotions are negative. Approximately 15 procent of the citizens are...

The Real "Landslide" Throws Trump Out of the White House

Trump provoked U.S. people to vote. According to the NayaDaya emotion study and the election results, his “landslide” had two sides: The incumbent president’s re-election potentially mobilized over 90 million citizens to vote, but unfortunately for Trump, half of them wanted to get rid of him. Blog post by Timo Järvinen, CEO at NayaDaya Inc., the empathy analytics company. Donald Trump has...

Heart of Biden's Mission - Empathy

Anger and hate may be the most visible but not the most challenging emotions the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is facing among Trump’s voters, writes Timo Järvinen, CEO at NayaDaya Inc., the empathy analytics company from Finland. In his victory speech, the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden emphasized that it’s time to lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to...

Study: Voters Worried About Their Financial Situation Strongly Against Trump’s Re-election

The latest release of the study, conducted by NayaDaya, YouGov, and Statista, reveals that U.S. voters having both positive and negative feelings about their own financial situation emotionally favor Biden’s election over Trump’s. Biden’s lead is particularly significant among people with financial worries. This unconventional study, different from traditional polls, was conducted in the U.S. in...

Study: Covid-19 Has a Strong Emotional Impact on the U.S. Presidential Election

According to study, conducted by NayaDaya, YouGov, and Statista, emotions toward the federal government’s Covid-19 response strongly correlate with the U.S. voters’ positive or negative engagement in Trump’s or Biden’s election. This unconventional study, totally different from traditional polls, was conducted in the U.S. in October 16-19, 2020. “The results cast a negative light on the...

Study: Trump Still Behind Biden 36%-50% in Terms of Positive Emotions and Behavior

The most recent study, conducted by NayaDaya, YouGov, and Statista, reveals that eight out of ten U.S. voters are emotionally either on Trump’s or Biden’s side. One-fifth of them are not – these voters could possibly still be influenced.The two studies, which are completely different from traditional polls, were conducted in the U.S. in September and now in October. They indicate that voter...

Emotions During Pandemic’s Second Wave: Study Shows Fear Caused by News on Covid-19 Reached March 2020 Levels

The emotion data, collected from Media Group Keskisuomalainen’s regional and local newspapers and analyzed by NayaDaya Inc. shows how the Covid-19 pandemic and the fear among citizens is growing month by month.  Nearly 150 000 reader emotion reactions have been compiled from thousands of news articles handling corona virus pandemic during a nine-month period from January to September 2020. The...

Emotions Among Nurses Predict a Growing Risk for Staff Loss in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic

According to a survey conducted in October by the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer) and NayaDaya Inc., more than half of the SuPer members experience alienating emotions toward their work. The situation has worsened since this summer – the risk for them changing their careers is now even greater.The survey asked SuPer's members’ feelings about their daily work, staffing levels, Finnish...

Study: Kamala Harris is a Wild Card in the Highly Emotional U.S. Presidential Race

According to study, conducted by NayaDaya, YouGov, and Statista, Kamala Harris stands out from the candidates in the U.S. presidential race. Her election evokes most positive, engaging emotions: Pride, admiration, and interest. While the (re)election of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence arouses mostly relief, disgust, fear, and disappointment, Kamala Harris’ election has a different impact...