The Psychology and Politics of Opposition to Obamacare

(Editor’s note: the views and opinions of the authors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editor or other authors)

The debate over the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is one of the most intense and complex debates in American history. With polls showing that just over half of Americans [...]

Are people of lower intelligence generally conservative? An analysis of the evidence

A conservative doing himself no favours.

There’s been a political psychology firestorm happening recently: several studies have emerged which seem to suggest that conservative attitudes are linked to lower cognitive ability, prejudice, and low-effort thinking. This isn’t a new debate; a study from 2009 showed that higher childhood intelligence predicts a tendency to vote [...]

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