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Jan 14 debate was the first time I saw many of the candidates on video. I was astonished at how sharply my opinions of the candidates changed, scared me a little Better to read a bunch of articles and tweets and consume the "charisma bias" secondhand, I think
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TIL: What Amy Klobuchar looks like That Buttigieg is pronounced with a soft g Bloomberg has zero charisma Not having regular free-to-air tv hooked up really messes up your general knowledge
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I didn't super like "charisma", wanted to say something like: "the impression of someone's trustworthiness & competence based on their voice, mannerisms and physical presentation, as filtered by my personal subconscious with its idiosyncratic preferences" but only 280 chars so...
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