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Reading Body language of Presidential candidates in the debates
Reading body language: Presidential candidates are under a magnifying glass sort of speak when it comes to their presentations at debates or even out in public.
In some instances some parts of their lives are dissected over and over again, in some instances for a few this isn’t the case. This open dissection of a Presidential Candidate puts plenty of stress on them while out on the campaign trail and with that stress comes “mistakes” for the man or woman with their body language.
Reading the body language of a presidential candidate may help you gain a better understanding of the man or woman who hopes to become The President of the United States and in some instances the revelations about the person and the body language that others are reading may just be the hopes of the person who is reading the Presidential candidate.
Reading body language of Presidential candidates and their proximity to others
Proximity to others is an important aspect of reading body language and even self-control. How close you stand or sit next to people becomes important as the message that is being delivered. Now this may not seem like a big deal but if you were under scrutiny about personal business and even political relationships previous to wanting the President it becomes more important.
When connecting with people it is important to know what distance is acceptable and what distance becomes inappropriate or even awkward. The whole life of a political candidate may be put out for all to judge and things that may not seem significant can be beat into the dirt until they seem like they are.
When reading the body language of political candidates it is important to remember that the angle on one camera can tell a completely different story than the angle on another camera.
Proximity can show power depending upon where the person stand or sits in regards to other people and or candidates along with the ability to show weakness.
Reading body language of Presidential candidates and the “Bell Bubble”
If you were to consider the body a stage anything on the outside of 18 inches or 40 cm is really past personal space. When a Presidential candidate is within that space of another man or woman they have entered into their “Bell Bubble” Gestures outside of the 18” area away from the body may cause the Presidential candidate to lose value because they lack self-control.
When you get a chance later look into a mirror and talk with your armsn extended as far away form your body as possible and try to imagine a time where this type of nonverbal communication would be acceptable except for when you were in danger. Just move your mouth like you are talking . Now imagine for a moment that you were near a person and you were using the body language that is outside of the “Bell Bubble”, would the man or woman be comfortable?
Now just think for a second if the Presidential candidate were being viewed on television would their speech make sense if they were having a conversation and their hands or arms traveled outside of their “Bell Bubble”? It’s not a good idea to break the “Bell Bubble”.
Reading body language of Presidential candidates and lies or looking for lies
Some would say that all Presidential candidates are liars and when reading their body language they all leak deceit. Now as long as the politician follows the Law of proximity and keeps with the “Bell Bubble” and hasn’t done anything too silly in their past they must now keep away from body language signs and signals of lying.
Nonverbal signs and signals a Presidential candidate is lying
There are a few items that may help indicate that a person is lying:
- · Their blink rate – possibly and not all the time
- · Touching anything on their face neck or head – possibly and not all the time
- · Looking the other way – possibly and not all the time
- · Using their arms to distance themselves from the story or question at hand– possibly and not all the time
- · Becoming flush or pale after an answer
- · Biting the lips or wrapping their teeth with their lips
- · Some verbal actions would be to ask the question again or when their vocal pattern changes.
Remember that when it comes to reading the body language of Presidential candidates or anyone else you must first watch them for a while to baseline them to ensure what you are accusing them of has happened. If the presidential candidate is lying it’s not an accusation anymore. Just because these signs and signals of body language are happening it does not mean there is a lie it means that there could be a lie with emphasis on the word “may”.
Body language of a Presidential hopefuls emotions
A presidential hopeful can destroy their candidacy by reacting the wrong way to a question, action or story with their emotions. Remembering that the Presidential candidate is under much scrutiny sometimes they are baited to react to situations so they can be shown as immature or something more than what they are.
- · Displaying the correct emotion to be read from the crowd of citizens, constituents or clients.
- · Show the verbal and body language signs of leadership throughout their “sales process” of working to become President of the United States.
The people voting for the Presidential candidate may not really understand in a deep level as to what they are seeing when reading the body language of the man or woman’s emotions or facial expressions while watching them on the debates or out on the trail but they will understand what they see and make their own observations.
The biggest questions to answer when watching and reading the body language of Presidential candidates is are they lying about what they are saying or are they reacting badly to questions or comments made towards them?
Now go implement!
Scott Sylvan Bell
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