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Jay Livingston writes:
I recall that you have used my post showing that the happiness of conservatives is related to who’s in power. So you might be interested in this multi-nation study showing the same thing:
Generally, conservatives are happier than non-conservatives. However, “that is mostly the case in conservative countries. In liberal countries, they do not have any advantage.” In Germany, there is hardly any correlation between political ideology and life satisfaction.
It is mostly conservatives who are influenced by their environment. No such correlation was discernible in for people with a liberal attitude.
I’d tell you more but I don’t feel like shelling out $35.95 for the research article. Since all we have to go on is a press release, I’ll have to file this under, Who knows, maybe, maybe not.
P.S. No, the New York Times never ran a correction (see top link above for context).
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