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Psychological Science: “Some researchers have posited that it occurs because people ascribe generally positive characteristics to physically attractive candidates. We propose an alternative explanation–that leadership preferences are related to functional disease-avoidance mechanisms. Because physical attractiveness is a cue to health, people concerned with disease should especially prefer physically attractive leaders.”
“Using real-world voting data and laboratory-based experiments, we found support for this relationship. In congressional districts with elevated disease threats, physically attractive candidates are more likely to be elected (Study 1). Experimentally activating disease concerns leads people to especially value physical attractiveness in leaders (Study 2) and prefer more physically attractive political candidates (Study 3). In a final study, we demonstrated that these findings are related to leadership preferences, specifically, rather than preferences for physically attractive group members more generally (Study 4).”
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“If you look closely at the bookshelves there, you find something interesting: a secret door. The second bookshelf from the far wall is really a door that swivels out to reveal a hidden room.”
“This is but one voyeuristic tidbit the Salt Lake Tribune uncovered by examining the architectural and landscape drawings approved… in September that clearly identify the project as a home for the former Republican presidential nominee and his wife, Ann.”
Here’s the latest over at Wonk Wire:
USA Today:
“Republicans began a new week pointing fingers at each other Sunday
following a 16-day government shutdown and near-default that left the
nation worse off and the GOP taking most of the blame. If there was a
theme to the round of Sunday morning talk shows looking back at the
fiasco, it was the determination of most Republicans — from Senate
leaders to past and potential future presidential candidates — to move
on rather than focus on this month’s failed battles.”
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Former Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) has a new ad out for her new super PAC.
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Some of the latest posts over at Wonk Wire:
There’s some great stuff over on Wonk Wire today:
“House Republicans have orchestrated a master plan to avoid a government
shutdown, delay the implementation of Obamacare, and maintain the
current, post-sequester spending levels,” National Journal reports.
“But first, they need the Senate to shred the very proposal
that House conservatives have spent all week celebrating. According to
several Republican lawmakers and senior aides who spoke on condition of
anonymity, a strategy is coming into focus that, if properly executed,
would accomplish multiple GOP policy objectives in one maneuver. With
the deadline for a new continuing resolution looming on Oct. 1, and the
House poised to pass a CR that will be dead on arrival in the
Democratic-controlled Senate, sources are confident the strategy can
work — but only if the dominoes fall in precise fashion.”
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