So that explains it: Liberals and socialists drink significantly more booze

New academic research correlating a link between unhealthy behaviors and political ideology does not bode well for liberals. A pair of Duquesne University economists conducted an exhaustive study comparing the statistical demand for alcohol with regional political persuasions in all 50 states between 1952-2010.
“In this study, we show that liberal ideology has a statistically significant positive association with the consumption of alcohol in the United States even after controlling for economic, demographic, and geographic differences across states. Holding everything else constant, we find that as states become more liberal over time, they experience higher consumption of beer and spirits per capita,” write Pavel A. Yakovlev and Walter P. Guessford.
Yes, well.
“Our findings are relatively consistent with the recent sociological studies showing that people with more socialist views tend to engage in more unhealthy behaviors such as excessive drinking,” the two note.
“This sociological argument is similar to the theory of moral hazard in economics, which postulates that people may behave irresponsibly when they do not fully bear the cost of their behavior,” they add.
The research was published Thursday in the Journal of Wine Economics, an academic publication.


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While I think it's a leap and a bit of a fire starter to draw such a correlation…

all they had to do was stop by Russia to figure that out.

All the research was hardly necessary.

SheSurfs wrote:

While I think it's a leap and a bit of a fire starter to draw such a correlation…

all they had to do was stop by Russia to figure that out.

All the research was hardly necessary.

lol, I thought the same thing when I read this, Surfs.

I guess I'm a Liberal or a Socialist, lol.

I usually only drink on weekends while entertaining, but when I do, I don't take a child's helping!

Of course we do. That's because people who are of the more conservative persuasion (trying to put it nicely here) are often so deeply religious that they wouldn't touch alcohol if their lives depended on it.
"Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine," as the old saying goes.

I'd hate to think I'd never had the pure pleasure of a good Hurricane. Or a screwdriver. Or a hand grenade. Or a horny alligator. Or just whatever.
But one drink a day is way more than enough for me. I certainly don't have to do it every day. I don't even want to do it every day. Just when the notion strikes me.

And this liberal doesn't have one ounce of guilt about guzzling it right on down.


And by the way I always "fully bear the cost" of my behavior. Nobody has ever bought me a drink that I know of.
What the heck is all that about the "cost" thing anyway? Most liberals aren't on welfare, believe it or not. It's been statistically proven that more conservative states take more from the federal government in welfare sharing than do the more liberal states.

Catholics drink and as long as you don't get stinking drunk, it is acceptable.

Hell, our parish here in Hoover has an annual party at the end of May and they buy a couple of kegs.  I have a picture of our pastor filling up a pitcher and he wasn't serving others at the time. He probably shared it with others, but he was going to imbibe some of that himself! We also have wine socials.

Eric wrote:

Catholics drink and as long as you don't get stinking drunk, it is acceptable.

Hell, our parish here in Hoover has an annual party at the end of May and they buy a couple of kegs.  I have a picture of our pastor filling up a pitcher and he wasn't serving others at the time.  He probably shared it with others, but he was going to imbibe some of that himself!  We also have wine socials.

And some say I NEVER agree with liberals!....