Pew Research: Repubs Happier than Dems (no s***)

[katty]

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060316/sc_space/republicanshappierthandemocrats

Republicans Happier than Democrats Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
LiveScience.com
Wed Mar 15, 7:00 PM ET



Overall happiness among U.S. residents has not changed much over the years, according to the latest survey by the Pew Research Center that finds 34 percent of adults are very happy.

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Among 3,014 telephone respondents, half reported being pretty happy, and 15 percent said they are not too happy.


The survey, released this week, points out several disparities based on lifestyle, beliefs and political persuasion:

Republicans are happier than Democrats.
People who worship frequently are happier than those who don't.
The rich are happier than the poor.
Whites and Hispanics are happier than blacks.
Married people are happier than the unmarried.
Dog owners and cat owners rate the same.
Sunbelt residents are happier than everyone else.

About 45 percent of Republicans said they were very happy, compared with 30 percent of Democrats. Republicans have been happier in surveys going back to 1972, the Pew study notes.


The reason might seem obvious, since "Republicans tend to have more money than Democrats, and—as we've already discovered—people who have more money tend to be happier," the report states.

[Iris]

1. So that's what happens when the only thing you care about is yourself

except for maybe having a lot of money.

[mom cat]

2. It is now proven: Ignorance IS bliss.

[Warpy]

3. Uh, married MEN are happier

Too many other studies trump this one and have said over and over again that married WOMEN are less happy than their single sisters.

I can buy race and money, which are intertwined.

If Repugs are happier, it must be that ignorance is bliss thing.