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Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala (link is external) than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity.

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it’s still unclear what a bigger amygdala (or a bigger anything in the brain) actually means in terms of behavior, not to mention how most brain regions have multiple functions. [in case you are wondering, that quote is from the author of the study]

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The amygdala is also thought to participate in the height of a person's emotional intelligence. It is particularly hypothesized that larger amygdalae allow for greater emotional intelligence, enabling greater societal integration and cooperation with others.

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ORIGINAL: Staleek

Interesting counter question;

Are most cowards Conservatives?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds

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Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala (link is external) than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity.

Corroboration:

http://www.browndailyherald.com/2013/02/08/study-links-genetics-of-fear-and-conservative-politics/

http://www.wired.com/2008/09/fearmongering-h/

http://mic.com/articles/26911/people-who-are-fearful-tend-to-be-politically-conservative-study-says#.LcHLUylEa

http://www.alternet.org/story/155210/why_is_the_conservative_brain_more_fearful_the_alternate_reality_right-wingers_inhabit_is_terrifying

http://www.salon.com/2010/12/29/conservative_brains/

http://www.rawstory.com/2010/12/conservatives-fear-center-brain/

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

just goin on the title of the thread.
Yes is the obvious answer.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Yeah i love it when my sarcasm is so strong, stupid people buy it.

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by the way---one of my old a&p texts tells me the amygdala is central to memory. if its smaller in liberals, gee, that might help explain why you all have such trouble learning from history.

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

"Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds"

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The six-month election recount that turned former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities.

That's the finding of an 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, which found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman.

The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted, according to Minnesota Majority's newly released study, which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records.

Furthermore, the report charges that efforts to get state and federal authorities to act on its findings have been "stonewalled."

"We aren't trying to change the result of the last election. That legally can't be done," said Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority's executive director. "We are just trying to make sure the integrity of the next election isn't compromised."

He said his group was largely ignored when it turned over a list of hundreds of names to prosecutors in two of the state's largest counties, Ramsey and Hennepin, where fraud seemed to be the greatest.

"What we did this time is irrefutable," McGrath said. "We took the voting lists and matched them with conviction lists and then went back to the records and found the roster lists, where voters sign in before walking to the voting booth, and matched them by hand.

"The only way we can be wrong is if someone with the same first, middle and last names, same year of birth as the felon, and living in the same community, has voted. And that isn't very likely."

The report said that in Hennepin County, which in includes Minneapolis, 899 suspected felons had been matched on the county's voting records, and the review showed 289 voters were conclusively matched to felon records. The report says only three people in the county have been charged with voter fraud so far.

But the report got a far different review in Ramsey County, which contains St. Paul. Phil Carruthers of the Ramsey County attorney's office said his agency had taken the charges "very seriously" and found that the Minnesota Majority "had done a good job in their review."

The report says that in Ramsey, 460 names on voting records were matched with felon lists, and a further review found 52 were conclusive matches.

Carruthers said Ramsey County is still investigating all the names and has asked that more investigators be hired to complete the process. "So far we have charged 28 people with felonies, have 17 more under review and have 182 cases still open," he said. "And there is a good chance we may match or even exceed their numbers."

McGrath says the report shows that more still has to be done.

"Prosecutors have to act more swiftly in prosecuting cases from the 2008 election to deter fraud in the future," he said, "and the state has to make sure that existing system, that flags convicted felons so voting officials can challenge them at the ballot, is effective. In 90 percent of the cases we looked at, the felons weren't flagged."

"If the state had done that," he said, "things might be very different today."

nah, there's no "voter fraud"...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/felons-voting-illegally-franken-minnesota-study-finds.html

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
Lmao not even a good try, lmao sarcasm is something you shoulnt play with, if unnarmed.
I have visuals of monty python sketches now.
Disarmed....

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
• Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
  

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ORIGINAL: ChrchofDrk

Convicted felons can't vote. Their right to vote is taken from them. So it doesn't matter if they're dem or repub

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ORIGINAL: MercTech

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ORIGINAL: ChrchofDrk

Convicted felons can't vote. Their right to vote is taken from them. So it doesn't matter if they're dem or repub

In the U.S., the constitution implicitly permits the States to adopt rules about disenfranchisement "for participation in rebellion, or other crime", by the fourteenth amendment, section 2. It is up to the states to decide which crimes could be ground for disenfranchisement, and they are not formally bound to restrict this to felonies; however, in most cases, they do.

Your local venue may vary.
Some states automatically restore voting rights when sentence is served.
Some states require a petition to the Governor to restore voting rights.
And a couple of states have voting precincts inside their prisons.

My home state requires a petition to the court to "restore full citizenship rights".
"Having served his debt to society and demonstrated the ability to be an upstanding, contributing, member of society.. etc"
The restoration of full citizenship rights restores the right to vote, along with the ability to engage in public contracts, and the right to own a firearm. (Engage in public contracts: actually do business with the government. One thing convicted felons can't do.)

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ORIGINAL: BamaD

In my state it requires a second restoration to regain the ability to own a firearm. A simple restoration of rights is a restoration of all rights not having to do with weapons. That requires a seperate restoration signed by the governor.