Gimbrone, Bates, Prins & Keyes (2022)
Gallup and similar polling (multiple years)
Pew Research and related analyses
Conservatives score higher on multiple indicators of psychological well-being and positive adjustment; the happiness/mental-health gap is documented across decades and countries (Napier & Jost, Schlenker et al., and others).
Studies show left-leaning people report higher depression/anxiety rates: Gimbrone et al. 2022 (MTF data; sharpest rises in liberal teen girls); Gallup (Republicans rate mental health far higher); Pew (elevated diagnoses in young liberal women).
