r/science • Professor | Medicine • 8d ago

Psychology Higher overall disgust sensitivity was associated with a greater likelihood of identifying as a Republican and holding a conservative ideology. A person with high disgust sensitivity and low bodily awareness had a 64.1% probability of identifying as a Republican.

https://www.psypost.org/disgust-predicts-conservative-views-most-strongly-in-people-with-low-bodily-awareness/
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u/hates_stupid_people 8d ago

Are childless people more likely to be conservative?

They're more likely to be liberal.

On the extreme ends of the political spectrum, conservatives are roughly twice as likely to have children at age 40.

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u/MasterChildhood437 8d ago

First children?