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Parents of Daughters Lean Left: Study

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted May 20, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – A new study shows that parents with daughters are more likely to align themselves with left-wing parties, FiveThirtyEight.com reports. Building on earlier research that showed that parents of daughters leaned left on gender issues, sociologists surveyed a nationally representative random sampling of men and women, mostly from Great Britain. The pair found a strong correlation, especially among men. Those who had only sons, by contrast, leaned right.

A young girl shields her father's face as they listen to Democratic Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, Jan. 4, 2008, in Portsmouth, NH.
A young girl shields her father's face as they listen to Democratic Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, Jan. 4, 2008, in Portsmouth, NH.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
In this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo, presidential hopeful Barack Obama sits with daughter Sasha during an Independence Day picnic, in Des Moines, Iowa.
In this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo, presidential hopeful Barack Obama sits with daughter Sasha during an Independence Day picnic, in Des Moines, Iowa.   (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
John Friedrich dressed daughter Rosie, 1, in a sandwich board stating her support for Barack Obama, June 9, 2007.
John Friedrich dressed daughter Rosie, 1, in a sandwich board stating her support for Barack Obama, June 9, 2007.   (AP Photo/Mark Hirsch)
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drlarrymitchell
May 20, 2009 7:57 AM CDT
Thick, much? The study shows a correlation between people who are parents to daughters and their political leanings, not that their political leanings affect their genetic output.
Robert_Dada
May 20, 2009 2:55 AM CDT
G W Bush is an anomaly for yet another reason.

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