> Conservatives tend to be more self-disciplined and are thus healthier, consume less alcohol and tobacco, and have a better diet (Chan, 2019; Subramanian & Per

> Conservatives tend to be more self-disciplined and are thus healthier, consume less alcohol and tobacco, and have a better diet (Chan, 2019; Subramanian & Perkins, 2010) The first one is unfortunately paywalled. The second[1] is a letter to the editor and mostly consists of the finding that people who report themselves as Republicans are more likely to answer positively to the question "Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor?". It only speculates one of the reasons could be conservative values encouraging self discipline (it doesn't seem to entertain the possibility of any correlation between political leanings and biased self reporting). [1] https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/39/3/930/627191 https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/39/3/930/627191