In this article from The Economist, there is a conclusion drawn that there is a connection between the happiness of the people on a given democracy and how they vote in local elections. They call this the satisfaction paradox; which means that happiness matters because it influences whether politicians are elected or not. There was a study done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology by George Ward that confirmed there is a "political significance of happiness"; his findings state that people with satisfying lives were more likely to vote for the incumbent than those who were less or not at all satisfied with their lives. In the end, the author suggests that happiness plays a key role in the politician's proximate goal of reelection.
Chloe Hart
https://www.economist.com/international/2019/07/11/why-are-happy-people-voting-for-angry-parties
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