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Trump's success at winning votes -- and the same success of his fellow Republican politicians, who control both houses of Congress -- just might be due to their physical attractiveness.
Jan-Erik Lonnqvist, a professor of social psychology at the University of Helsinki, published a study last month that concludes conservative voters in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere value good looks in political candidates more than liberal voters.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/04/science_discovers_the_secret_t.html
I think I just found some of that FAKE News we keep hearing about....
Feel free to now.
JHan
(10,173 posts)AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
the world is forever nuts.......
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)IndianaDave
(612 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)The facial expressions are so similar (constipated) they must be related! Brothers from different mothers.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Constipated on opiates perhaps, rofl.
peacebuzzard
(5,180 posts)😂
brush
(53,815 posts)Whoa, some photoshop job there.
The researcher referenced in the OP apparently hasn't seen recent photos of dumpty trump or any photo of McConnell, aka Turtleman. Both have multiple chins and I can't imagine anyone considering them physically attractive.
tblue37
(65,477 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Even so, she can barely suppress the need to laugh when she says stuff like this.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Chiyo-chichi
(3,584 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)they'd want a piece of that!
TexasTowelie
(112,347 posts)I wonder what Mr. Lonnqvist is smoking?
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)He's real eye candy.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Maeve
(42,287 posts)And it may have had something to do with his success in Texas....we could really use Molly Ivins now!!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Appearance & image has always been extremely important to people like the Donald.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Alas, I fear they were serious though.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)Ewwww! Ewwww!
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)Or if the goofy get-up is just enough to delude trump - his propensity for self delusion is legendary. I'm a firm believer you have to believe your own bullshit before you can sell your bullshit.
As much as WE think he looks ridiculous, how would THEY feel about him if he went for a natural look? -- which appears to be a very overweight, blotchy skinned, balding, baggy eyed, 70 something year old who probably looks closer to 80.
See: that photo of him boarding Marine One where the wind exposes his giant ass AND his true blotchy age spotted skin and true hair density.
Put it this way, without Trump's ridiculous get-up, he is basically Roger Ailes. Roger Ailes is fine behind the scenes but he would never sell in politics. At least not republican politics.
So set the spray tan nozzle on ludicrous and swirl the hair up in to that man-bun abomination. And get that jumbo dark suit with extra long tie.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)"When you look in to the mirror, how old is the person you're looking at?" Dr. Oz asked during an interview for his show, which aired Thursday and was taped the day before.
"I would say I see a person who is 35 years old," Trump replied. In the background, there came a giggle from the audience. "No, I mean, I feel the same," Trump said in his defense.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/649098/donald-trump-says-when-looks-mirror-sees-35yearold
:large
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Cha
(297,497 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,722 posts)Cha
(297,497 posts)it wrote "bling"..
littlemissmartypants
littlemissmartypants
(22,722 posts)Literally and metaphorically.
:clinkingmartiniglassessmiley:
Cha
(297,497 posts)bling
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)Well she did win Ca. by 4 mill and they arguably have a far higher standard of beauty than bumblefuck Kansas.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)His seeing eye dog.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Just sayin'.
herding cats
(19,566 posts)Day 14,970, reason 7,000,000 why I'm glad I'm not a Republican.
moondust
(20,002 posts)There may be some identity politics involved in which a lot of big, fat, smelly guys who wanna be recognized as the lords and masters of everything vote for the guy who looks, acts, and talks like them assuming that will raise their own status.
But "attracted to" is not the same as "attractiveness."
JCanete
(5,272 posts)sampling.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)JCanete
(5,272 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I would say you earn the face you finally get in life!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)busted a gut at the last photo!
IndianaDave
(612 posts)JCanete
(5,272 posts)world wide wally
(21,751 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)nt
Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)Must be time for new glasses - cuz what I see through these glasses is pretty much physical repulsiveness.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Warpy
(111,318 posts)but now he's just a big fat guy with fake hair and a mouth you just want to punch.
I don't get any attraction, at all, but then all the guys I let anywhere near me had to have brains.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)But yeah, it's that trying to hold onto the youthful looks that causes all sorts of weird problems. That fucking hair is a disaster.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Just accept it. Attempts to disguise aging just look like attempts to disguise it and look weird and worse than just older.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Warpy
(111,318 posts)Too white bread and WAY too ignorant.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)SunSeeker
(51,637 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)SunSeeker
(51,637 posts)judesedit
(4,440 posts)So gross. The ugliness inside shines through to the outside. If looks was the catapult they wouldn't be there at all. The Democrats are by far more appealing.
Lonnqvist needs glasses. Appearance is important when representing our country as it should be....you make the most of what you've got.
But these aren't normal times and this whole tragic comedy exhibits the complete opposite. The whole lot of the men in this "administration" look like unkempt slobs. And attractive?....Not one teensy weensy bit.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,849 posts)Politics aside - in what world is that attractive? Redford is ten years older than him and still has that sparkle. Poitier 20 - still has it.
He doesn't have an alpha jaw and didn't when he was younger. Uh no.
sheshe2
(83,846 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,849 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)but I don't think that's the main reason why conservatives voted for Trump since there were other Republican candidates who are conventionally more physically attractive.
"conservative voters in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere value good looks in political candidates more than liberal voters."
So we're not as shallow.
We're also less gullible...
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-conservative-believe-false-threats-20170202-story.html
And aren't as fearful (so playing to fears in general, including 'other', doesn't work as well)...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/brain-difference-democrats-republicans
I think the above factors played a huge part in why Cons voted for and why they still support Trump.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,188 posts)He's knows he's irresistible, just like a well-done steak with lots of ketchup. Why else would he applaud himself whenever he walks on stage?
VOX
(22,976 posts)I had to bury it in the rice, it reminded me of 45. The Orange-chicken nausea abated with a few slugs of club soda.
As for the nausea caused by 45, I'm gonna fill Crater Lake with club soda and dive DEEP.
Vinca
(50,300 posts)As a group, Republicans are only attractive if you appreciate a body with a head up its ass.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,188 posts)wearing a red cap, at the end of the hottest day of the year.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)It's not that he is attractive. He is a while male, that's enough.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Threw up a bit...
librechik
(30,676 posts)wallet
greatauntoftriplets
(175,748 posts)Ivanka?
tavernier
(12,396 posts)I love these onion pieces.
superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)He is a chinless, fat dildo
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Shallow/fake as shit, but that ability works well for people like him.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)What the buggery bollocks is this bullshit on about?
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)You are good!
Bettie
(16,118 posts)I don't see that creature as "attractive" in any sense.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,188 posts)Now, who could resist that?
Okay, you're right. But it beats his "eating my own boogers" look. (Which I shan't post here, since some people are eating.)
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)gotcha.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)BainsBane
(53,041 posts)You really should have given a not safe for humans warning.
3catwoman3
(24,026 posts)...as a contraceptive. Eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and a half!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)explain a lot.
None of it flattering.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)if one is a baboon or orang-utan.
caroldansen
(725 posts)Thats sexist.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Doesn't matter that he colors himself orange and his entire face looks like a YUGE puckered asshole when he speaks.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I wouldn't do him for the contents of his bank account.
You know there's a reason that he married two immigrants....
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)mahina
(17,691 posts)So by this logic he is doomed to failure.
That explains everything. ?
Mosby
(16,334 posts)Said no one ever.
caraher
(6,279 posts)Only the "Oregon Live" writer is making this suggestion - the study involved finding correlations in aggregate using a bunch of portraits and people making ratings. At no point in the research did Donald Trump get deemed physically attractive, nor did Lonnqvist make any such assessment (let alone citing it as the key to his coming in a semi-close 2nd in the November vote)
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)but I assumed he was talking about Trump's ass.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)I would be hard pressed to see much difference
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)for the Blind and Clueless...
Not only is Trump not attractive, he is so incredibly repulsive he makes most people feel physically ill at the sight of him.