Political Affiliation Can Be Differentiated By Appearance 262
quaith writes "It's not the way they dress, but the appearance of their face. A study published in PLoS One by Nicholas O. Rule and Nalini Ambady of Tufts University used closely cropped greyscale photos of people's faces, standardized for size. Undergrads were asked to categorize each person as either a Democrat or Republican. In the first study, students were able to differentiate Republican from Democrat senate candidates. In the second, students were able to differentiate the political affiliation of other college students. Accuracy in both studies was about 60% — not perfect, but way better than chance."
when I work the polls I like to try and guess (Score:4, Funny)
When I work the polls each year I try to pass the time by guessing the party affiliations of my voters.
"Hmm, large SUV and business suit. Republican."
"Large breasted college age chick. Democrat."
"Subaru Outback and peacenik bumper stickers. Green Party."
"Pick-up truck and AR-15. Libertarian."
It's amazing how bored you get working a 15 hour day when you only get 40 voters.... ;)
You can tell by their car (Score:4, Funny)
Lets play a game someone's driving a clunker and they have 80 bumper stickers on it, which way to they lean?
Two things Liberals HATE!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
There are two things Liberals hate!!!!!
1) Red-necks, and
2) Stereotyping
Re:when I work the polls I like to try and guess (Score:5, Funny)
Political affiliation is totally what I'd be thinking about here too.
FACES OF YOUR CANDIDATES (Score:5, Funny)
More CHOICE than ever before!
http://tinyurl.com/democratface [tinyurl.com]
http://tinyurl.com/republicanface [tinyurl.com]
Re:Obvious (Score:3, Funny)
Obvious? What party do these folks belong to?
http://tinyurl.com/partymember [tinyurl.com]
Can I join?
Re:Factors Are Likeability, Trustworthiness and Ag (Score:5, Funny)
The Churchill quote only demonstrates how clever rhetoric does not an argument make.
I am often amazed at how powerful a beautiful but specious assertion can be. Sometimes it is a compelling analogy that has no actual bearing on the topic at hand. Other times (as in this Churchill case) it is a clever dichotomy that begs the question. This particular quote is a wonderful example of begging the question. It is no more possible to support conservatism with it than it is possible to literally pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
That was an analogy, wasn't it? I hope you didn't find it too beguiling.
Hey wait (Score:4, Funny)
And I have invented a method for telling if someone is a criminal by taking various measurements of their head! I think I will call this "phrenology".
Re:Better than chance? (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, the Republican candidate is usually the one with a blue suit jacket with American Flag pin, white shirt and tie. Often they have the jacket slung over their shoulder and their sleeves rolled up.
The Democratic candidate, of course, is the one with a blue suit jacket with American Flag pin, white shirt and tie. Look for them carrying their jacket slung over their shoulder with their sleeves rolled up.
Then there's hair. Republicans either have naturally good hair, or they overcompensate so much that their hair looks like a mutated doughboy helmet. They never have beards. The Democrats on the other hand either have obviously elaborate and expensive haircuts, although many of them just have naturally good hair. Key point: they're always clean shaven.
Now as to actual policies -- don't get me started on that.
Re:when I work the polls I like to try and guess (Score:5, Funny)
But don't join the Democratic party thinking you're going to score. Those Dem babes only date Republican jerks.
It's a Democrat thing, and if you aren't in the party you wouldn't understand. We just can't resist a guy who will cynically screw with us then break our hearts.
Guess my affiliation (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not going to state my party affiliation. I'll just say that when I saw that this pointless study was funded by OUR TAX DOLLARS via an NSF grant, I thought, "God help us!"
Re:Obvious (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anarchist van... (Score:1, Funny)
I drive an old, white, stickerless van and the FBI has had me on an Anarchy watch list for years.
So yeah.. you can tell by the vehicle-- the fedz happen to be correct!
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Re:when I work the polls I like to try and guess (Score:4, Funny)
But don't join the Democratic party thinking you're going to score. Those Dem babes only date Republican jerks.
It's a Democrat thing, and if you aren't in the party you wouldn't understand. We just can't resist a guy who will cynically screw with us then break our hearts.
Yeah...That's the sad thing about being a white liberal man. You're only attractive to other white liberal men.
Re:If Obama is not a local or state socialist (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently you don't know what fascist or communist means. Really, you should get your education from somewhere other than Fox News.