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Political Affiliation Can Be Differentiated By Appearance
quaith writes "It's not the way they dress, but the appearance of their face. A study published in PLoS One by Nicholas O. Rule and Nalini Ambady of Tufts University used closely cropped greyscale photos of people's faces, standardized for size. Undergrads were asked to categorize each person as either a Democrat or Republican. In the first study, students were able to differentiate Republican from Democrat senate candidates. In the second, students were able to differentiate the political affiliation of other college students. Accuracy in both studies was about 60% — not perfect, but way better than chance."
It's a Democrat thing, and if you aren't in the party you wouldn't understand. We just can't resist a guy who will cynically screw with us then break our hearts.
That certainly explains the last election!
As somebody who is fairly moderate politically this is why I always chuckled when conservative friends would cry about the sky falling if Obama were elected. I was pretty sure he'd turn out more-or-less the way he did. And, as an added bonus he has a pulse so that already gives us a net gain over the last two elections...
Same system - slightly different set of beneficiaries.
= democrat
In all fairness to the Republicans, they do lower taxes.
NO they don't. That is the ultimate American myth.
Do you remember Bush Sr, getting elected on the platform "Read my lips - no new taxes!", then within the very first year, increasing taxes for everyone.
Bush Jr, 2004 stated "we cut taxes, which basically meant people had more money in their pocket" while simultaneously levying 5.9 billion increase in fees. The 2005 budget stated the government will take in +13% increase in taxes in 2005 compared to 2004.
Republicans spend AND tax, they just spin it and pretend they are for lower taxes.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.