Republicans Report Having Better Mental Health Than Democrats, Poll Finds
Saturday, December 01, 2007

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Don't worry, be happy: If you're a Republican, those words should be easy to follow.

A roundup of Gallup health polls over the past four years finds that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to report having excellent mental health.

The survey found that 58 percent of Republicans polled reported having excellent mental health. Only 38 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Independents reported the same.


The study concluded it was unclear why there was such a strong correlation, but the relationship between party affiliation and mental health was virtually constant even within categories of income, age, gender and other factors.

"The reason the relationship exists between being a Republican and more positive mental health is unknown, and one cannot say whether something about being a Republican causes a person to be more mentally healthy or whether something about being mentally healthy causes a person to choose to become a Republican," the study said.

The study speculated that the fact that Republicans have on average higher incomes than members of others parties could play a factor. But in the study, even Republicans making less than $50,000 a year reported having excellent health far more than Democrats earning the same.

The study was based on interviews with 4,014 American adults who were at least 18 years old, conducted from November 2004 through 2007. The margin of error was 2 percent.

Here we go!

Sooooo what's your point,,,,,??????

Oh I Seeeeee,,,,,

Stirring the pot,!!!!!!!

Just adding some information that I found to be interesting and wanted to see what people had to say in response.

Whatever

A gallup poll is an a true research study, that was a self report poll. It can not be concluded that repubs truly have better mental health than dems.





btw i'm republican.

Thank you for that deep insight...I can't wait to read your next post. You must be offended and I get that from the way you have responded, but I didn't make the poll. So maybe instead of dismissing it you will comment on it. It being the topic provided. Taking shots at me over the internet for posting information is pointless.

Yeah your right,,,,,Your Always Right,,,,,

well, it just goes to show how much you should take out of polls. I mean others keep quoting polls about what percentage of americans want us to pull out. For the record, I can't remember ever being polled on any of this.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/102943/Republicans-Report-Much-Better-Mental-Health-Than-Others.aspx#1

Your right this isn't a research study into the mental health. It was a study on self reported mental health done by gallup. Though I can think of at least one shrink that published information showing the same to be true. No offense if you meant it, but lately I have been seeing alot of dems posting "btw i'm republican" to dismiss information. I didn't post this to make people think dems are crazy no matter what my opinion may be. So now that I have explained what the poll was...The question remains. Why would dems report poor mental health for themselves? Why would independants and republicans have a much higher opinion of personal mental health?

Yea I am with you on that. I just found this interesting because the poll was asking people what they thought about their own mental health.

I am a moderate republican! I am not trying to dismiss the information, just point out that this is not a valid indicator to good mental health and polictical affliation.

Um...Not sure where the article said that this was an indication of mental health vs political affiliation.

Again:
I didn't post this to make people think dems are crazy no matter what my opinion may be. So now that I have explained what the poll was...The question remains. Why would dems report poor mental health for themselves? Why would independants and republicans have a much higher opinion of personal mental health?

Dang...this was supposed to be a fun topic. In light of that...everyone have a great weekend. This post has gone down a road I didn't intend and have no real interest in.

I'm not a Dem,or Republican,,,,,,,
I dont like to be associated with any party,,,,
I am an Independant New Age Patriot,,,,
Right now I thinking about voting for Ron Paul,,,,,
A Republican from Texas,,,,,,

I know having a Republican Administration for seven years had made me crazy.
The respondants of this poll are in denile, they don't see there illness. Those little voices in their heads are missleading them.

What do the little voices in your head tell YOU,,,,,

I can't believe that research until it comes clear what the benchmark of "good mental health" is and how they came about that conclusion. Its very easy to hide, and easy to lie about (which politions are good at anyway), so its imposable to really say "yeah its true" or "no thats complete bat crap"

Moderate=Sane

Denial....works wonders...

I think they're considering all the celebs when they wrote this. Most of the celebs are very liberal (especially with everyone else's money but their own). Then again most of them are also in trouble for drugs, alcohol, etc. etc. Probably where the whole mental health thing comes in....