Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Election Day 2008 ~ Do Conservatives Have More Fun?

There was an interesting article in the New York Times today about the differences in the way conservatives and liberals view humor. Maybe liberals are humorless?

Here is a quote:

“Conservatives tend to be happier than liberals in general,” said Dr. Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. “A conservative outlook rationalizes social inequality, accepting the world as it is, and making it less of a threat to one’s well-being, whereas a liberal outlook leads to dissatisfaction with the world as it is, and a sense that things need to change before one can be really happy.”

Happy voting! Here are a couple reminders of the past election season:





UPDATE: Thanks, Tim, for this new picture.

1 comment:

Tim said...

Did you see this one:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/04/advertising-uselections2008

It was on the front page of at least one London newspaper this morning. : )