It rsquo s common sense that voters prefer good-looking candidates This rule is why John F Kennedy beat Richard Nixon in 1960 by the narrowest of margins at the same time that his party captured large majorities in both houses of Congress and Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 during one o

The latest blog post from Robert David Sullivan at "(Un)Conventional Wisdom"

The child-free movement in the United States has not yet become a visible lobby in Washington The Wikipedia entry on ldquo voluntary childlessness rdquo ends with a dismissive ldquo the movement has not had significant political impact rdquo This is frustrating to those who view childless ad

Bill de Blasio elected mayor of New York this week campaigned as a soak-the-rich liberal but Business Insider rsquo s Josh Barro notes that there rsquo s not much money for new government programs in city government mdash even if the state legislature and Gov Andrew Cuomo approve de Blasio rsquo

Robert David Sullivan on election results in New Jersey, Virgina, Boston and elsewhere.

Here are two items to mull over as we wait for election returns from across America First researchers have discovered that people who follow politics are not happy about being on the wrong side of election results From ldquo The Intense Well-Being Consequences of Partisan Identity rdquo PDF