4/7     Are there any studies correlating political belifs?  ie, If
        a person believes gay marriage should be illegal, how likely
        are they to also believe that vouchers are a good idea?
        \_ how about this.  poll:
        \_ Perhaps rather than studying correlations, it would be better to
           try to figure out what things cause what beliefs.  Correlations
           are boring and uninformative, it's causes people want. -- ilyas
           \_ Well, interesting and useful are two different things.
              People have been studing causes for a long time, it's very
              difficult to pin down.  On the other hand, correlation
              just takes a very large detailed survey.  Also, I think it
              would be very interesting.  We tend to make Politics black
              and white, one or the other,  Republican or Democrat.  In
              reality things are much more complicated, and I'd like
              to see some of the real patterns, not jsut what you can get
              most people to buy.
              \_ Read a book called 'Causality.' -- ilyas
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        \_ Out of curiousity, why do you care? -- ilyas
        \_ Republican = evil reactionary corporate oppressors.
           Democrat = good progressive heroes of the people.
        \_ I support vouchers for gays to marry
           \_ I support a constitutional amendmant banning gay schools.