Book Review: Today’s Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans

Democrats, Republicans, and Taxes

I estimate the influence of political parties on state Tax Burdens over a forty-year period (1960-2000). Holding constant a large number of state and voter characteristic variables, I find that: (i) Tax Burdens are higher when Democrats control the state legislature compared to when Republicans are in control. (ii) The political party of the governor has little effect after controlling for part...

Are Republicans healthier than Democrats?

Can one's political ideology influence one's health? Aggregate studies correlating average voting patterns with average mortality levels, 1–4 or average health dissatisfaction , 3 suggest that mortality tends to be lower in areas where the majority vote for the party with conservative political orientation. This finding has usually been presented as reflecting the differences in socioeconomic d...

Democrats · and Republicans Prepare for Super Tuesday

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Consensus on Economic Issues: a Survey of Republicans, Democrats and Economists

Twitter Language Use Reflects Psychological Differences between Democrats and Republicans

Previous research has shown that political leanings correlate with various psychological factors. While surveys and experiments provide a rich source of information for political psychology, data from social networks can offer more naturalistic and robust material for analysis. This research investigates psychological differences between individuals of different political orientations on a soci...