Conservatives are happier than liberals.
A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that conservatives are happier than liberals -- in all income groups. While 34 percent of all Americans call themselves ``very happy,'' only 28 percent of liberal Democrats (and 31 percent of moderate or conservative Democrats) do, compared to 47 percent of conservative Republicans. This finding is niftily self-reinforcing: It depresses liberals.
This isn't a new phenomenon; Republicanshave been happier than Democrats since 1972. The study also found that religious, married, and Southern peoples are generally happier than their single, hethern,Yankee brethren. I have a few theories why this is:warm weather & Southern women appropriatly dressed for said warm weather. Down here you can't spit w/out hitting a religious establishment of some kind. But I think we are giving sunshine too much credit here, unless sunshine makes you conservative which is a topic for another day.