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Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others
Gallup ^ | November 30, 2007 | by Frank Newport

Posted on 11/30/2007 11:30:18 AM PST by RoadTest

RINCETON, NJ -- Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of independents and 38% of Democrats. This relationship between party identification and reports of excellent mental health persists even within categories of income, age, gender, church attendance, and education. The basic data -- based on an aggregated sample of more than 4,000 interviews conducted since 2004 -- are straightforward.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; gop; mentalhealth; republicans
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I'm sure nobody here is surprised. Neither would Michael Savage be surprised ("Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder").
1 posted on 11/30/2007 11:30:19 AM PST by RoadTest
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To: RoadTest

The pertinent question, of course, is which is the cause and which is the effect in this relationship.


2 posted on 11/30/2007 11:32:12 AM PST by z3n
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To: RoadTest

Ipso facto.


3 posted on 11/30/2007 11:33:08 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (If Rudy's an influential conservative, then I'm an award winning concert pianist.)
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To: RoadTest

I’m not surprised


4 posted on 11/30/2007 11:33:49 AM PST by YellowRoseofTx
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To: RoadTest

that will change, unfortunately, if Hillary is our next prez


5 posted on 11/30/2007 11:35:06 AM PST by ari-freedom (Any theory can appear to explain facts if the theory has enough variables.)
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To: RoadTest

Look at all the scaremongering like global warming they believe.


6 posted on 11/30/2007 11:35:47 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: RoadTest

My mental health is just fine, and so is mine. Haha!


7 posted on 11/30/2007 11:37:53 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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To: RoadTest
Republicans have common sense.

There is definitely something wrong with liberals = perpetually aggrieved, whiners & moaners who lie, cheat, steal, and are the most unhappy people on the planet.

Liberals are impossible to talk to because instead of engaging in a conversation they immediately become offended if they disagree with what you say. Another thing, if you ever ask a liberal to answer a question based on something they've said... they're miffed or unable to provide an answer. It's like they're Stepford People... no substance, recorded messages (not their own thoughts)... very freaky people.

8 posted on 11/30/2007 11:39:17 AM PST by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: PJ-Comix

The first thing I thought of when I saw the headline was the DUmmie drug threads.


9 posted on 11/30/2007 11:40:03 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
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To: RoadTest

My mental health is perfect. The voices in my head said so.


10 posted on 11/30/2007 11:40:56 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
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“Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others”

More likely to be observant in their religional practices (and the
attendent cultural practices such as moderate eating, lower consumption of
alcohol, much less use of illicit drugs and fewer illicit sexual conduct)....
wonder if this has been investigated as (at least part of) the explanation?


11 posted on 11/30/2007 11:43:36 AM PST by VOA
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To: RoadTest
"My mental health is excellent!"


12 posted on 11/30/2007 11:51:36 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: RoadTest

I think a large portion of the Lefties unconscious brain is ALWAYS busy trying to reconcile what the conscious brain believes with what the real world actually is.

Those two are irreconcilable, and that continuous difference leads to mental problems. Think of HAL in “2001 A Space Odyssey”.

Generally, Repubs don’t have those irreconcilable differences within.


13 posted on 11/30/2007 11:53:04 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: z3n

I'd go with mental health is the cause and Republican affiliation is the effect. I left the RAT party cause I couldn't stand being around all the whiny, depressed malcontents.

14 posted on 11/30/2007 11:54:55 AM PST by freespirited (I'm voting for the GOP nominee.)
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Things I’ve only heard liberals say:

“I expect to be in therapy for the rest of my life.”

“Everyone should be seeing a mental health professional on a regular basis.”

“I felt very depressed for weeks after the election.”

“I’m in a bad situation, and there is nothing I can do to get out of it.”

Feel free to add a few.


15 posted on 11/30/2007 11:55:32 AM PST by Our man in washington
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Republicans/Conservatives are living their lives based in reality. It makes a big difference.
16 posted on 11/30/2007 11:56:44 AM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: ari-freedom

Or the American Psychiatric Association - or whatver they are called - will narrow the criteria for “mental health” so that almost no one meets it.

You know - sorta the way they have decreed that being a “boy” requires medication.


17 posted on 11/30/2007 12:01:48 PM PST by Let's Roll (As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Funny.


18 posted on 11/30/2007 12:03:00 PM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate tag lines but I don't know how...)
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To: z3n

Neither caused the other. They are both effects of the same cause - a positive outlook on life.


19 posted on 11/30/2007 12:04:20 PM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: RoadTest

Of course. Everyone knows that DINOrats have undergone severe brainwashing to expunge any values and principles they may have been taught by their parents. Values clarification, situational ethics, permissiveness, and political correctness have replaced those values and principles with utter egomania, closed and confused minds.
And Congress is full of them!


20 posted on 11/30/2007 12:14:32 PM PST by Paperdoll ( Vote for Duncan Hunter in the Primaries for America's sake!)
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