The voting decisions of a population are vital in forming the political structure of a country. Recognizing what influences voters’ selections is key for politicians, candidates, and those crafting policy. This article offers an examination of different factors that shape voting choices within the American populace. Through a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of various studies, this review seeks to give an understanding of the principal elements that drive voter conduct. Additionally, it looks at what these factors mean for democracy and proposes possible directions for continued research.

Trust in the police is considered vitally important in ensuring that citizens obey the law and cooperate with police officers. However, in recent times, the Royal Thai Police has been facing difficulties with the image of the organization, including lack of public trust resulting from the actions of some police officers. Therefore, this study investigated the level of trust in the police, as well as the factors that cause the public to trust the police. The samples used in this study were 971 residents in eastern Thailand. A questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data that were subjected to ordinary multiple regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The findings showed police effectiveness and fairness had a positive relationship with trust in the police. Age, corruption, and fear of crime had negative relationships with trust in the police. However, victimization had no association with trust in the police. Hence, the Royal Thai Police should place great importance on increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of police officers and treating people equally and fairly. In addition, corruption issues and the solving of crimes should be addressed to provide people with peace of mind and greater trust in the police.

Grounded in the Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) framework, this study examines how tourists’ in-trip use of ChatGPT shapes satisfaction during leisure travel. Survey data from 502 Indonesian travellers were analysed using PLS-SEM. Information diagnosticity, task efficiency, and perceived social support significantly strengthen travellers’ confidence in on-site choices, with social support emerging as the strongest predictor. Greater confidence elevates positive destination emotion, which in turn enhances tourist satisfaction, supporting a sequential cognition–affect mechanism. The study extends SOR to the during-trip stage by conceptualising ChatGPT as a real-time, dialogic stimulus that influences experience formation. Practically, destination and tourism firms can deploy ChatGPT at key on-site touchpoints and prioritise reassuring, effort-reducing guidance, supported by reliable local information and clear escalation to human assistance for higher-stakes needs.