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This suggests an alternative good explanation: "Using data from the 2005-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a 2003 economics paper examining qu
by pierrefar 17y ago
This suggests an alternative good explanation:
"Using data from the 2005-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a 2003 economics paper examining quality-of-life indicators"
This time period is when the Republicans were in peak power in the White House and Congress. I suggest that this political environment makes blue-state dwellers unhappy.
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoThe substantive political environment is identical now. The study already indicates that people in areas with winning sports franchises are less happy, so there goes the "in power party makes me happy" explanation.