Bwahahahahahahahaha ("Rightwing candidates are better looking")

[woo me with science]

Please don't shoot me for posting this.

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http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-rightwing-candidates.html

Rightwing candidates are better looking, study shows
February 23, 2011

Rightwing candidates are better looking than their leftwing counterparts, something they benefit from during elections, according to a study conducted by Swedish and Finnish economists.

"One possible explanation is that people who are seen or consider themselves beautiful tend to be more anti-egalitarian and rightwing," Niclas Berggren, one of the three co-authors of the study, told AFP Wednesday.

The study compared election results from parliamentary and municipal elections held in Finland in 2003 and 2004 respectively with an online poll of non-Finns to determine how the 1,357 participating Finnish candidates ranked in terms of beauty.

More than 2,500 non-Finns were shown photographs of each candidate, with no indication of which side of the political spectrum they stood on, and were asked to rank them on a scale from one (very ugly) to five (very beautiful).

"We establish two main results. First, we find that the candidates on the right look better than the candidates on the left. Second, we find a greater effect of good looks, in terms of more votes for candidates on the right," the report states.

Berggren pointed out that "several studies have shown that good looks bring more votes, but we believe we're the first to analyse this in terms of political sides."

Explaining the findings, he said that globally, "the left perhaps traditionally has used a more rational approach.

The right meanwhile, "has been more conscious of the importance of looks," he said, pointing to the examples of Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin in the United States.

The study also shows that the "beauty premium" for garnering votes is more apparent in municipal elections than in a national vote.

"As municipal candidates are relatively unknown, the beauty-premium gap indicates that voters, especially those to the right, use beauty as a cue for candidate ideology or quality in the municipal elections," the report reads.

The preliminary study, which was published by the German Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), has yet to appear in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

(c) 2011 AFP

[aquart]

1. Yup They sure are pretty.

[arbusto_baboso]

5. Pretty greedy. Pretty soulless. Pretty apt to stay that way.

[woo me with science]

8. A long time ago I saw a brilliant webpage on "Republican hair."

It had the helmet hair of the men and the poof hair of the women. It was classic.

I can't find it again. There are several others that are close, but this one was brilliant.

[Canuckistanian]

2. So, vain assholes are more likely to be conservatives

Very informative, thanks.

[calimary]

3. Because it's all about superficiality.

And these were Finnish candidates being evaluated for their looks. But I suspect it can happen anywhere. Americans are particularly visually-oriented.

[woo me with science]

4. That rage for style applies to their dogs, too. (warning, animal mistreatment inside)

Westie seen at the Republican National Convention


http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Lifestyle/Pet-Care/10-Peculiar-Pet-Grooming-Trends.html

[lpbk2713]

6. "Click here -- Sign Rand Paul's petition"

That's all I need to know about that website.


They pulled the "facts" of this article out of their ass.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

7. And Since We've Got That Broad Brush Out Already Anyway.............

..............I've always found that good-looking people also tend more heavily to be vapid twits.

[Hutzpa]

9. They really believe the American people are stupid

that they will vote for a candidate just because they're good looking.

what a laughable presumption, I don't find it funny so I'm not going to laugh.

Very clever though, NOT.

[Sheepshank]

10. Americans have Hollywood perfection to use up worship longings.

Something about other international actors relying more frequently on "character roles".

In addition to which, I'm not sure about the looks dept for politicians here. Kennedy and Clinton have Bush I and II beat hands down. Nixon, Cheney, No chin dude, good looking? na-a-a-a-a-don't think so. But then the Reps do have Palin.

[Angry Dragon]

11. boner, limbaugh, beck, colture,

The beautiful people

[Missy Vixen]

12. I've posted here many times before

that the late Jennifer Dunn and Newt Gingrich were interviewed by the Seattle Times several years back; they were on the search committee for the GOP presidential candidate in the Bush era. They claimed they sought out "good-looking" Republican male candidates because "women can't resist them".

It's interesting to note how different the GOP standard re: good-looking is than the Democratic standard - in other words, it doesn't matter if the person in question is attractive to a Democrat; what's their heart and their policies like? GOP votes for guys like Commander Codpiece and Governor Good Hair, don't they?

[moondust]

13. More makeup.

More time in the beauty salon rather than working for a living.

Style is everything. More superficial/more airheads.

[lpbk2713]

14. That brings to mind ...

Krazy Katie Harris used to apply hers with a putty knife.


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[moondust]

16. Exactly.

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[DemoTex]

15. Exhibit #1: Porky Pig and Gomer Pyle

I rest my case.