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Title: Right-wing people are better looking than those on the left, study claims
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URL Source: https://www.indy100.com/article/rig ... -the-left-study-claims-7521301
Published: Jan 11, 2017
Author: Posted about 4 hours ago by Ana Swanson
Post Date: 2017-01-11 10:34:25 by A K A Stone
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Research has found that being attractive influences many things in a person's life -- their salary, their popularity and grades in school, even the prison sentences they receive. So why not their politics? A recently published study in the Journal of Public Economics concludes that the attractiveness of a candidate does correlate with their politics. They find that politicians on the right are more good looking in Europe, the United States and Australia. The study shows correlation, not causation, but the researchers float a simple economic explanation for why this might happen. Numerous studies have shown that good-looking people are likely to earn more, and that people who earn more are typically more opposed to redistributive policies, like the progressive taxes and welfare programs favored by the left. The researchers also offer a more general psychological explanation for the trend: That good-looking people are often treated better than others, and thus see the world as a more just place. Past studies have found that the more attractive people believe themselves to be, the lower their preference for egalitarianism, a value typically associated with the political left. In their first experiment, the researchers showed respondents photographs of political candidates in Finnish municipal and parliamentary elections, members of the European Parliament, U.S. candidates for Senate and governor, and candidates for Australia's House of Representatives. They asked participants to rate the photographs on a five-point scale. The results suggested that politicians on the right are more beautiful on all three continents. In a separate experiment, the researchers analysed elections in Finland. They say these elections are easier to study because most races feature multiple candidates competing for office -- in contrast to races in the United States, which typically have just two major candidates. The researchers found that Republican voters care more about appearance than Democratic voters do, but only if the voters don't have much information about the candidates and have to rely largely on appearance -- in city-level elections, for example. But in elections that give voters a lot of information -- like parliamentary elections when candidates are well covered by TV news and in the newspaper - - politicians' appearance matters equally to voters regardless of party or ideology. In low-information city elections, a beauty increase of one standard deviation attracts about 20 percent more votes for the average candidate on the right and about 8 percent more votes for the average candidate on the left, the study finds. In high-information parliamentary elections, the figure is roughly 14 percent for candidates on both the left and right. The researchers also suggest that voters correctly see candidates who are more good looking as more likely to be conservative. When voters don't know much about candidates, they tend to use beauty as a cue for ideology. Washington Post
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Yeah ! Heres your proof: Shitlerly, Rachael Maddow, Candy Crowly, 1st Wookie, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Elanor Holmes Norton, + many, many others = Left Wing Ugly Inc. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
In 2008, Obama got 96% of the black vote. I'd say appearance matters more to Democrats. But hey. What do I know? I only have facts.
Which is why perky looking Hillary Clinton was successful in politics.
LOL !! IMHO, to me she looks like the north end, of a south bound mule. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
LOL !! IMHO, to me she looks like the north end, of a south bound mule. She does now, in selected photos. But Hillary in her time was a very attractive woman. That is what people remember her as being. She still has a certain spark.
+ many, many others = Left Wing Ugly Inc. " Sorry everyone, I forgot to include Rosie O'Donnell. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
No doubt that there are attractive liberals, Sarah Silverman for one, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Aniston - but they are so ugly on the inside that whatever attractiveness they do have is negated by their inherent evil.
Good points. But, I cannot get past their communist/liberal/progressive attitudes. I went to school with Ashley Judds uncle, have not seen him in years, and doubt he is very proud of her.
Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Same here - I've never dated a liberal - well, once I found out what they were I ended it, LOL! I went to school with Ashley Judds uncle... As I recall, the family is from Kentucky. You live there now? I have relatives in Lexington and in Jackson in Breathitt County (Southeast part of the state) " Right-wing people are better looking than those on the left, study claims "
#2. To: A K A Stone (#0)
"The researchers found that Republican voters care more about appearance than Democratic voters do"
#3. To: Stoner (#1)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#0)
When voters don't know much about candidates, they tend to use beauty as a cue for ideology.
#5. To: rlk (#4)
" Which is why perky looking Hillary Clinton was successful in politics. "
#6. To: Stoner (#5)
" Which is why perky looking Hillary Clinton was successful in politics. "
#7. To: All (#1)
" Shitlerly, Rachael Maddow, Candy Crowly, 1st Wookie, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Elanor Holmes Norton,
#8. To: Stoner (#7)
(Edited)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#9. To: Deckard (#8)
#10. To: Stoner (#9)
(Edited)
But, I cannot get past their communist/liberal/progressive attitudes
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
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