WHERE you vote may determine WHO you vote for. Passersby who stopped to answer surveys taken next to churches in the Netherlands and England reported themselves to be more politically conservative and more negative toward non-Christians than did people who were questioned within sight of government buildings–a finding that may be significant when it comes to voting.
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With Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton both running for president recently, it may seem that there are plenty of women candidates around, but actually there are relatively few.
Several factors contribute to this gender gap. For one thing, women are substantially more likely than men to see the electoral environment as highly competitive and biased against female candidates (so they don’t jump into the fray). Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin’s candidacies may have actually made this perception worse.
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As long as you aren’t among the 4 who got assassinated, that is (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). When we see and hear the various Presidential candidates debate, we begin to wonder what the office will do to their HEALTH, because it seems like being President of the United States must be the most stressful job in the world.
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Disgusted with politics? But just HOW disgusted you can be when confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms may lend important insight into your personal political proclivities.
In a new study, political scientists closely measured people’s physiological reactions as they looked at a series of pleasant and unpleasant images. Participants who identified themselves as conservative–and, in particular, those who said they were against gay marriage–had strong physical reactions when shown the gross pictures.
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