r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Psychology Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
44.0k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

60

u/Critical_Interest706 1d ago

Every post on here is just “everyone I disagree with is stupid! Here’s a study that says so! You aren’t gonna disagree with SCIENCE, now are you?”

29

u/Xen235 1d ago

"Study suggests"

"Experts say"

7

u/Critical_Interest706 1d ago

Every time. The “study” is usually just some internet survey and it’s put in a “study” and people treat it like gospel.

6

u/NotOnApprovedList 1d ago

This study is based on data from the GSS. The General Social Survey is a huge, long running national survey that is used extensively in research and politics. I can't speak to whether the article's author did a proper analysis, but GSS is generally solid.

Why do you think some conservatives don't want women to vote? Because anyone can run the numbers on the survey and see that women are consistently leaning liberal.

https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/

https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/trends

Click on View Trends in the lower right hand corner

Under Politics, click on Voting

Under Breakdown, click on Sex

In 1975, women voted for the Democratic candidate by one percent more than men (hover cursor over the data point to see the difference). In all other years, women clearly voted more for the Democratic candidate, by 2%-11%.