The Left Hates Marriage

This one fact about American politics is enormously significant to undertanding the split between Left and Right in any country. Republicans control 49 of the 50 congressional districts with the highest rates of marriage, while Democrats represent all 50 districts with the lowest rates of married adults. That is why, for example, there is a large "marriage penalty" in taxation after Democrats controlled Congress for decades. The Left sabotages marriage at every opportunity, which is why Sweden, for example, has a shockingly high rate of children in single-parent homes. Obviously, fostering a two-parent enviroment is about the best thing that government can do for "the children" that politicians constantly crow about.

Marriage Gap Could Sway Elections

The marriage divide drew attention in the 2004 presidential race. President Bush beat John Kerry by 15 percentage points among married people and lost by 18 percentage points among unmarried people, according to an exit poll conducted by national news media organizations.

This bifurcation is actually understated, because it counts those who have previously been married, overwhelmingly Republican, as single.

Update: Don is on to something with his humorous comment on this post. While obviously there is a wide diversity of people in each party, surveys have consistently shown that Republicans are significantly happier in general. This is probably largely explained by marriage, for every age category.

It pains me to see women, in particular, who are deeply disappointed in life because they were sold a liberal way of life. Some have confided that only now, when it is too late, do they feel cheated by the feminist vision that "a woman without a husband is like a fish without a bicycle." All those men who pretended that they cared about them and thought they were interesting have long disappeared.

It is the most beautiful thing, on the other hand, to see an elderly couple surrounded by their lives' work, seeing an overflowing cup of love around them, watching the future they helped shape growing around them.