Are conservatives happier than liberals?

[Yoder777]

Regardless of income level, conservatives are happier than liberals and give more to charity. This has been shown by organizations like the Pew Research Center. There's a real difference between the foaming at the mouth pundits that we hear on the radio and the average Republican voter who just wants to get by in life, and for the most part, keep their politics to themselves.

The bottom 5% of Americans have a higher standard of living than 68% of the world's people, while the median household income is higher than 93% of the world's people. These are basic facts that liberals don't tell you when advancing their policies. Regardless of income level, conservatives are more thankful for having been born in this country than liberals.

George F. Will - Smile if (and Only if) You're Conservative

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Conservatives More Liberal Givers

Matt Mitchell Explains World Income Inequality - YouTube

 

[Savior2006]

I'd imagine conservatives are happier than liberals because conservatives don't have to deal with conservatives.

 

[AirPo]

I'd imagine conservatives are happier than liberals because conservatives don't have to deal with conservatives.

 

[SummerMadness]

Poor people should be thankful they have to struggle in America!

Equating happiness with money is quite ridiculous. I remember reading a book and it made an apt observation. If you live in a country, city, state, where everyone is poor, then most people are quite happy because being poor is a way of life. However, if you have some living right next to you that is rich and they constantly emphasize the "virtues" of being rich, you start to see a different dynamic.

It is all about the income distribution, if everyone is equal, things fall apart, if income is too concentrated in one group, things fall apart. There is a power law to income; Bruce West (from Duke University) suggests that the stability in a nation is not about how many rich people or poor people there are, it is the slope of income distribution. There will always be poor and there will always be rich, but it's the slope that determines the stability.

That being said, I am liberal and I do not care about money, I care about travel. Equating happiness to money is foolish in my eyes. I will also say, it is not about whether the poorest are richer than another country, it's about the slope that divide rich and poor in a country.

 

[Savior2006]

From the article:


"The right to pursue happiness is the essential right that government exists to protect. Liberals, taking their bearings, whether they know it or not, from President Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 State of the Union address, think the attainment of happiness itself, understood in terms of security and material well-being, is an entitlement that government has created and can deliver."

And it always comes down to the same idiotic song and dance. Liberals love government so damn much. Honestly, I've seen mostly the exact opposite. Conservatives have no problem with government when it wages war. Conservatives have no problem with government when it tells a woman what she can do with her one body. Conservatives have no problem with government when it's telling a person what drug they can put in their own body. Conservatives have no problem with government when it tells a gay person he can't get married or adopt kids. Conservatives have no problem with government when it promotes their religion. Shoot, if I had a dime for any member of the Christian Right who says "we need to put (my) God back in schools" I'd own a fleet of aircraft carriers.

Conservatives have no problem with government period.

 

[kermit]

and give more to charity.

Not so much.

Study: Conservatives and liberals are equally charitable, but they give to different charities

 

[BostonTzar]

Poor people should be thankful they have to struggle in America!

Equating happiness with money is quite ridiculous. I remember reading a book and it made an apt observation. If you live in a country, city, state, where everyone is poor, then most people are quite happy because being poor is a way of life. However, if you have some living right next to you that is rich and they constantly emphasize the "virtues" of being rich, you start to see a different dynamic.

It is all about the income distribution, if everyone is equal, things fall apart, if income is too concentrated in one group, things fall apart. There is a power law to income; Bruce West (from Duke University) suggests that the stability in a nation is not about how many rich people or poor people there are, it is the slope of income distribution. There will always be poor and there will always be rich, but it's the slope that determines the stability.

That being said, I am liberal and I do not care about money, I care about travel. Equating happiness to money is foolish in my eyes. I will also say, it is not about whether the poorest are richer than another country, it's about the slope that divide rich and poor in a country.

So it's about envy.

 

[technofox]

I'd imagine conservatives are happier than liberals because conservatives don't have to deal with conservatives.

This^ lol

 

[Savior2006]

So it's about envy.

Way to not read anything he said.

 

[cow451]

Regardless of income level, conservatives are happier than liberals and give more to charity.

You leave Conservatives wide open for:

"Ignorance is Bliss"

Moderaters are standing by to take your reports.

 

[wintermile]

The individuals referred to in this post do not experience an acceptable standard of living.

Billionaires’ Row and Welfare Lines - NYTimes.com


Study---Measure of America---5.8 million youth are disconnected (16-24).

Data from the U.S. Dept. of Edu.---First Focus---1,168,354 enrolled homeless students (2011-2012).

Report---National Poverty Center---about 1.46 million households have residents who (per person) live on $2 or less a day (2011).

 

[Savior2006]

It's hilarious really. Here on CF we have conservatives on record saying that people on welfare shouldn't be allowed to vote because "It's a conflict of interest" and that's fine and dandy. But shoot, they don't hate the poor. Perish the thought. Someone talks about income inequality suddenly he's the most envious person on the planet.

 

[jayem]

The conservative posters in these forums sure don't seem very happy. They're always angry, and are constantly complaining about Obama, Democrats, Liberals, the MSM, the federal government, and who knows what else. How happy can someone be who wants to secede from the rest of the country?

 

[sonny1293]

I'd imagine conservatives are happier than liberals because conservatives don't have to deal with conservatives.

that's a good one

 

[BostonTzar]

The conservative posters in these forums sure don't seem very happy. They're always angry, and are constantly complaining about Obama, Democrats, Liberals, the MSM, the federal government, and who knows what else. How happy can someone be who wants to secede from the rest of the country?

Why would anyone need to feel sad to want to secede?

 

[AirPo]

Why would anyone need to feel sad to want to secede?

Why would someone who was happy want to secede?

 

[BostonTzar]

Why would someone who was happy want to secede?

Why would anyone need to feel sad to want to secede?

 

[Joykins]

IIRC right-wing authoritarians--and I don't know that this maps to conservative all the time--tend to score much higher than non-RWAs on measures of fear. I have no idea how this plays out with the happiness thing.

 

[AirPo]

Why would anyone need to feel sad to want to secede?

You've got your logic backwards.

 

[jayem]

Why would anyone need to feel sad to want to secede?

Someone who supports secession must be dissatisfied in some way with the current state of affairs. Wouldn't you agree?