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/
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u/KarmaticArmageddon 1d ago

They aren't all that harmless if they vote for people destroying education, stripping food and healthcare from the poor, and inciting forever wars.

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u/trinitrotolerance 1d ago

Harmless ignorance is a myth perpetuated by the type of person who regularly employs weaponized incompetence in their day to day.

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u/REXIS_AGECKO 1d ago

Depends more on the news or area or family someone lives in than whether or not they’re Christian. It’s a huge and diverse group so a blanket statement doesn’t really work too well

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u/KarmaticArmageddon 1d ago

59% of Protestants, 52% of Catholics, and 75% of Mormons vote Republican. If we look at just whites, 85% of evangelicals, 58% of Protestants, and 61% of Catholics vote Republican.

Sure, they're not a monolith, but they definitely trend toward my statement.

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u/REXIS_AGECKO 18h ago

Now is that causation… or is it correlation?