Article: Conservatives are happier than liberals: Study

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London, May 8 -- People who have conservative ideologies are much more happier than liberal-leaners, says a new study.

And the reason why it is so is because conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.

The study found that regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well being than left-wingers.

Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.

The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem ...

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