September 22, 2009

Opposition to Health Care Reform Highly Correlated with 'Racial Resentment of Blacks'

Health Care, Race and Political Polarization:

We find an extraordinarily strong correlation between racial resentment of blacks and opposition to health care reform.

Correlation is not causation, but this is very consistent with earlier trans-national research showing lower spending on social welfare spending in racially polarized societies.


Posted by Michael : September 22, 2009 06:03 PM | Health Care | TechnoLinks
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I'd be a lot more impressed if they gave us some hint of what those questions measuring racial resentment were. It's quite possible to use measures of 'racial resentment' that make the correlation tautological.

Posted by: Brett Bellmore at September 28, 2009 07:01 AM
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