conservative women=more happier

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http://www.ijreview.com/2013/12/104629- ... ive-woman/

http://www.bubblews.com/news/1921603-co ... re-happier

I told you folks,that living a conservative lifestyle is more
healthy for women(and men,too)

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the ... servatives

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/why-in ... e-unhappy/

It could be a case of happy people choosing conservatism rather than conservatism causing happiness though. Conservatives tend to like to maintain the status quo (I think because it works for them,) but if I was happy about things I would probably join the party most like to keep things as they are.
This isn't to say that there are no happy liberals which would be silly, but liberalism does tend to champion those who are struggling.

My wife's pretty liberal, and she's happy.
Seriously, this black-and-white take on conservatives happy, healthy, and wealthy vs. sad, sick, and poor liberals of yours is just your opinion, regardless of polls.

Note that the following is about being "conservative" as it is practiced in the USA. I understand that this label has different connotations in different countries or cultures.

From my personal observations as a voting adult the past thirty-five years, conservative lifestyle in the USA usually means either being a religious anti-science nut job out to legislate other people's private lives, or a greedy selfish short-sighted businessman out to exploit other people unfairly and rape and pollute the planet to make a quick buck regardless of the consequences to present or future generations. Some conservatives may be mainly about limited government, but frequently it is because they are one of the two subgroups listed above and it fits their agenda.

So how is that a healthy lifestyle for themselves or for everyone else they f*ck with?

As for conservatives being happier, maybe it is because they are so ignorant on so many subjects or too stupid to realize the consequences of their choices? To me, conservatives are closer to evil than good (especially if they do realize the consequences of their choices), and what makes it worse is they have the balls to try to say they have the moral high ground when they most certainly do NOT!

Studies based on asking people questions can be very biased in how the questions are worded and what choices are offered as answers. Asking the same thing but phrasing it differently can result in opposite answers from the same person being asked!

Stepford wives.

It's good to see you starting to use evidence to support your statements, Bill

However, I think you're reading too much into the study.

It doesn't say "conservative women are happier, therefore conservatism causes happiness". It just says "conservative women are happier".

It could be that conservatism causes happiness. It could be that, as Ann suggests, happiness tends to cause conservatism (conservatives are people who like the way the world is, after all).

It could be that something else causes both conservatism and happiness, and makes it appear like there's a direct link between them. This is known as a confounding variable. As cannotthinkoff points out, intelligence is a possibility:

The only reason why conservative people may be happier than people who do have a brain is the fact that they are totally out of sync with reality.

This is exactly the kind of opinion I'd expect an unironic fan of Brock Lesner to have.

Ignorance is bliss.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the ... happiness/

http://pewresearch.org/files/old-assets ... ppyYet.pdf