Sorry Chris Christie, Weight Bias Plagues US Elections
Monday, May 19, 2014 - 15:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Overweight political candidates gotten fewer votes than thinner opponents, finds a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University weight bias expert. Of course, discrimination is everywhere, it is the favored position of the humanities in trying to quantify culture. In 2008, Democrats discriminated against Senator Hillary Clinton because she was a woman while Republicans were against Senator Obama in the general election because he was black. No one ever just acknowledged he was the best candidate, even in winning we were told it was despite his race. So political parties should be picking the thinnest candidates? That explains who Pres. Obama beat Gov. Mitt Romney in 2012. He had a smaller waist. read more