Go ahead Democrats, defend this one.
"The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats. According to this interpretation, there is a political congruence between the patriotism promoted on Fourth of July and the values associated with the Republican party. Fourth of July celebrations in Republican dominated counties may thus be more politically biased events that socialize children into Republicans," write Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott and Bocconi University Assistant Professor Andreas Madestam." Article
From the study itself:
"The results above show that Fourth of July celebrations in childhood cause individuals’ political preferences to permanently shift toward the Republicans." (P.13)
"We believe that future studies should investigate how policy making is affected by preference-generating public rituals, such as Fourth of July."
Study
9 comments:
That is some funny sheet.
That is the biggest load of crap I have ever read....more so than any mindless ramblings over at the JFP.
someone has too much time on their widdle-biddy hands.....
I'm confused. Sounds more like Democratic pols should make sure never to miss a July 4 parade, rather than let the GOP tout itself as the only patriotic party.
Been fun to see this study totally misinterpreted by the media and which sentences were selectively chosen for emphasis.
That rituals and symbols influence a culture is hardly a news flash.
That one political party has begun to dominate a long existing ritual that use to be bipartisan and thus identified itself with associated symbols may be. It may also indicate that we've become more tribal in our communities.
Anyone who thinks either good for the Nation IF the study results can be confirmed by further research, is sadly mistaken.
Republicans have always been the party of emotion. I guess this proves it.
The JFP cracks me up.
The multiple car-jackin's on Duling St. did not happen last month . That is a conservative lie.
The poor teens of color were owed that Escalade and Volvo coup.
There is no crime in Fondren !
There is no crime in Belhaven !
If anything , if such crimes did happen , it's a trade off between personal safety and the overwhelming benefits of living in the "Fondren district " .
" Texting kills more suburbanites than disadvantaged crack head thugs ? "
Give me a break Donna !
You're grasping at straws . Ya'll have let a once viable alternative newspaper become a local pop culture joke.
No wonder so many of your interns are distancing themselves from the JFP .
Ladd, Lynch, Mott , Ward , Todd, and the rest will be at a loss as to what they should do.
The sound of so many doors slamming shut on them will be both sad , justified , and
so deafening... that it will almost be too funny ... if it weren't so sad.
Do these White Libs not understand that the radical Islamic Black Panther movement
despises them more than they do the Sons of Confederate Veterans ?
There is nothing more pathetic than a bunch of White guilt prostrated socialists / marxists
idiots that think they understand the Black Experience more than the Black people themselves .
What I understand is quite a few people these days spend all their time focused on the short comings of others and blaming others for anything and everything.
Whether it is an Islamic Black Panther or a Son of the Confederacy ( way to slam a group that isn't political in most Southern States ) or anyone else, time would be better spent in examining one's own short comings and cleaning one's own house.
If insight is impossible, perhaps therapy and meds could help chill you out a bit.
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