Quotes from John R. Hibbing

The top three variables on the "what traits do mate pairs most match up on" list are drinking, religion, and … drum roll … politics. (Education level is fourth.)

Political views are influenced not only by forces believed to be irrelevant but by forces that have not entered into conscious awareness.

The researchers publishing in this area are careful to attach the appropriate caveats to their findings, but the media and blogosphere have an annoying habit of ignoring caveats.

You're either a liberal or a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. Ann Coulter

MZ twins are as closely related to their nieces and nephews as they are to their own children.

You are free to believe that the world of your political adversaries is as detached from reality as a scared little boy's nightmare world—but realize it is as real to them as the monsters were to him.