The authors of the article also found that displaying a happy expression is associated with being conservative, both among men and women. pic.twitter.com/sTEmsx02og

— John Rain (@johnthenoticer) April 1, 2025

It’s a fascinating piece—and a clever use of photography to confirm what most of us on the right have known all along: the left are miserable, unsightly blobs.

Nature:

The study of faces in politics has a long history. Early work found that voters perceive their preferred candidates to be more attractive than opposing candidates8. Voter perceptions are themselves politically consequential: For example, faces evaluated as more competent were substantially more successful in an election9, and attractiveness provides electoral bonuses as well10.

This literature has generally posited the relevance of faces to politics to be limited to subjective impressions of those faces11. A recent study7 strongly refocused the argument by demonstrating that algorithmic classification of faces led to substantial accuracy when predicting ideology. This study’s focus, however, was to demonstrate the significant privacy threat posed by the intersection of deep learning techniques and readily-available photographs7. This seminal work highlighted the need for further study of the topic, particularly with respect to identifying what features of a photograph contribute to successful algorithmic classification of faces.

You can read the entire article below:

Using deep learning to predict ideology from facial photographs: expressions, beauty, and extra-facial information

But it’s not just physical features that stand out—research also shows liberals are downright miserable, while conservatives are much happier.

Again, not a shocker…

Real Clear Science:

It may be one of the most surefire findings in all of social psychology, repeatedly replicated over almost five decades of study: American conservatives say they are much happier than American liberals. They also report greater meaning and purpose in their lives, and higher overall life satisfaction. These links are so solidly evidenced that, for the most part, modern social scientists simply try to explain them. They’ve put forth numerous possible explanations.

There are a couple clear contributors to point out first. Marriage tends to make people happier, and conservatives are more likely to be married. Religious belief is also linked to happiness, and conservatives tend to be more religious.

But these explanations don’t account for the entire gap, which equates to about a half-point on a four-point scale, a sizable happiness divide.

Social psychologist Jaime Napier, Program Head of Psychology at NYU-Abu Dhabi has conducted research suggesting that views about inequality play a role.

“One of the biggest correlates with happiness in our surveys was the belief of a meritocracy, which is the belief that anybody who works hard can make it,” she told PBS. “That was the biggest predictor of happiness. That was also one of the biggest predictors of political ideology. So, the conservatives were much higher on these meritocratic beliefs than liberals were.”

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There’s something about being constantly told you’re a powerless victim that’s bound to make you miserable.

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At this point, the darkness on the Left isn’t just ideological—it’s physical. The bitterness, the mental illness, the hate, the rage—it’s written all over their faces, and now science is just catching up to what we’ve all seen unfolding for years. It’s not just that they’re miserable inside—it’s seeping out of their pores. Meanwhile, conservatives are out here living with purpose, faith, and joy. And it shows.