Disasters and the Framing of Trauma During an Election

DeMond S. Miller () and Sotirios Chtouris ()
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DeMond S. Miller: Rowan University
Sotirios Chtouris: University of the Aegean, Department of Sociology

Chapter Chapter 9 in Disasters and the Politics of Trauma, 2026, pp 121-138 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract With the 2024 United States’ Presidential election looming, Hurricane Helene’s landfall and catastrophic destruction during the 2024 American Presidential Campaign season, the devastation provided an opportunity for candidates for elected office to respond to natural disasters and other similar crises and lead under pressure. Action or inaction by leaders and elected officials can have an array of consequences for the survivors. Voters react to state and local government responses to disasters in efforts to lessen the trauma associated with the initial disaster and its cascading effects. This chapter highlights how political narratives that offer “hope” are often rewarded at the polls in an era of partisan polarization, in which government responses to trauma have become increasingly partisan (Marsh, The politics of trauma: Mass tragedies in polarized America. University of Notre Dame. Thesis, 2022). The significance of the consequences of political polarization, blame avoidance, and government responses is also discussed.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-19030-7_9

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