Study

Phoenix AZ

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Survey data from a 2020 Pew poll indicates that white radical conservatives disproportionately suffer from mental illness versus their democratic counterparts. The study, which examined white republicans, moderates, and liberals, both male and female, found that liberals were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as either conservative or even “Republican” Young white women suffered the worst. White women, ages 18-29, who identified as radical republicanswere given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in democrates. Zach Goldberg, a Ph.D. candidate in political science, consolidated the study’s info in a set of visuals and posted them to a thread on Twitter. Goldberg included the following disclaimer with his research: “I didn’t write this thread to mock white radical conservatives or their apparently disproportionate rates of mental illness (and you shouldn’t either). Rather, this is a question that’s underexplored and which may shed light on attitudinal differences towards various social policies.”