Republicans are happier (and not just because they have more money)

Hey! Very cool. I think I am much happier since becoming a Republican. (and I am far from rich, btw)

I am a very happy Republican!
I sent off my two absentee ballots today..... one was for my wife. (she voted for McCain too)

I have been seeing such similar reports for decades and the one thing which sticks out in my mind about the republicans I know is that they seem to ignore what upsets most other people. AS if to say they have no connection with reality. One who comes to mind readily is a fellow who for years couldn't see a thing wrong with government using immenent domain to take property from one owner and give it to another who would produce more revenue. He had been an adversary for ages until, that is, the dreaded process hit him. Suddenly his atitude changed and he asked me for help in fighting it. After a few month he won and was so relieved he bought me a drink at his favorite pub. (Tho I don't drink) But for that period of time his atmosphere seemed to change to what I would call near normal.
I am glad there is happiness out there. I am normally a very happy person.

Spencer, I love your example!

I've been really happy for a good deal of my life, and even happier this last decade.

Now, this very happy Republican is having one of the happiest years of her life, and she happily voted for Obama!

Funny how this happiness thing gets itself worked out in reality, huh?

The Republicans I grew up with weren't happy. The religion just made them sinners. The Last Days were at hand. They were crabby bigots always complaining about getting ripped off by others. They hated taxes - while crabbing about pot holes. Their only humor was putting others down.

I became happy getting around groovy liberals !!!

Abortion made them MAD all the time !!!

If they dared lived the life as a democrat for a day they wouldn't survive for too long. Goes to show who the stronger and wiser are of the two. I would rather live the life as a democrat any day of the week than live the life as a pretentious republican who has no real clue about life!

Well you can't argue with fact. Voting Republican = reversing global warming.

"Voting Republican = reversing global warming."

That's a fact ???

Of course it is. Republicans are happier with the weather. If you are a Republican, bad weather is less likely to happen. It's right there.

The article is quite interesting, but it goes into great detail about how money can bring happiness, and how more $$$ = more happiness.

It also shows Democrats place less interest on getting married, which kinda throws that breaking announcement out the window...

Still, interesting. You'll be pleased to know the Stepford Wives rated even higher than Republicans.

Great article!

I'm happier being a Democrat!
Obama/Biden

And don't forget about that study that showed Republicans = Conservatives were more charitable than Democrats=Liberals.

It's really because they're too dumb to have a clue.

Dan - Dems volunteer. Writing checks is easy and you don't have to be around all those distasteful people.

So, even Pew agrees ignorance is bliss. Nothing new there.

Sharon,
I don't know who volunteers more, My step mother has worked with the YWCA for years, I know I would consider her "conservative" so probably are many of her fellow YWCA volunteers.
I remember back a few years, remember the Bosina/Herzegovina affair? the YWCA volunteers had decided to send blankets to the refugees resulting from that conflict. I at the time was employed as a fabric cutter for a company building polaltec jackets for REI.
We had a lot of substandard fabric on hand and I convinced management to allow me to cut it into quilting squares and donate it to my step mother's volunteer group. Thousands of yards of polar tec material I cut on my own time to give to this group, we also found during inventory hundreds of polar tec finger gloves fabric pre cut that the company donated to my step mother's volunteer group which they sewed up and donated to local schools that made them available to children who's family coulden't afford to buy them.

I worked for the YWCA in Cleveland and all the volunteers I knew were Dems, which I thought was strange because republicans seem to be heavy ong the Christian side.

And if the Republicans are so happy what was up with that convention? Ours looked like more fun.

In addition, happy people don't spend their lives criticizing others because they don't like them or their lifestyle.

But just like with Moderate's statement which doesn't appy to all neither are all republicans unhappy. Just many of them that I knew of and have observed.

Sharon,
So I guess your declaration that Democrats volunteer more is set to rest.

LOL! This sure got some people's dander up! ROTFLMBO

Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).

-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html

MM,
The information comes from, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism.
Not from George Will.

Lera,
You are right. It did seem to get the dander up. I was not trying to make a value judgment, just pass on something I find interesting.

I am not and have never been a Republican. I think of myself as an independent, voting for candidates rather than parties. Baring some earth shattering event, I will vote for Obama next month. I have a lot more experience with Democrats and have always voted in the Democratic primary. Couple that with my fiscal conservatism and I feel comfortable calling myself a Blue Dog Democrat.

Dan,
You cite a very interesting article. Since it is by George Will I take it with a grain of salt. However it is consistent with the revelation that Joe Biden, in each of the last 10 years, has made between $215,000 and $320,000 and never given more than $995 to charity. http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/09/bidens-charity-aversion.html

Sharon et. al.
I have never seen any hard data on party affiliation and intelligence or propensity to volunteer. That leaves us to our own anecdotes, which are not terribly reliable.

I knew that, MM. I knew you weren't a Republican.

Too bad. :o)

Interesting article and debate!

I've seen this but like any survey I take it with a grain of salt.

Dems should be more happier since they delight in telling others how to live and spend their money. Obviously they are that much more secure personally!