I read this report this morning and found it funny, but intriguing at the same time.
"Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of independents and 38% of Democrats."
I saw an analysis of this from Dr. Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr, who is a psychiatrist and author of a book which claims liberalism is a mental illness.
Reading a bit more into this he makes some excellent and correct points about liberalism which include:
- creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization
- satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation
- augmenting primitive feelings of envy
- rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government
Those points are spot on with modern liberals.