Harvard Study: July 4th Parades Energize Only GOP Voters, Increase Likelihood Kids Will Vote Republican…
The left detests all forms of patriotism, if you instill a love of America in a child it’s extremely unlikely they will identify with the Democratic party when they grow up.
(US News) — Democratic political candidates can skip this weekend’s July 4th parades. A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.
“Fourth of July celebrations in the United States shape the nation’s political landscape by forming beliefs and increasing participation, primarily in favor of the Republican Party,” said the report from Harvard.
“The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats. According to this interpretation, there is a political congruence between the patriotism promoted on Fourth of July and the values associated with the Republican party. Fourth of July celebrations in Republican dominated counties may thus be more politically biased events that socialize children into Republicans,” write Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott and Bocconi University Assistant Professor Andreas Madestam.
“There is no evidence of an increased likelihood of identifying as a Democrat, indicating that Fourth of July shifts preferences to the right rather than increasing political polarization,” the two wrote.
The three key findings of those attending July 4th celebrations:
- When done before the age of 18, it increases the likelihood of a youth identifying as a Republican by at least 2 percent.
- It raises the likelihood that parade watchers will vote for a Republican candidate by 4 percent.
- It boosts the likelihood a reveler will vote by about 1 percent and increases the chances they’ll make a political contribution by 3 percent.
Finally, the report suggests that if people are looking for a super-patriotic July 4th, though should head to Republican towns. “Republican adults celebrate Fourth of July more intensively in the first place.”
Posted by ZIP on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 1:23 pm | 
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That explains why so many lib-controlled areas have canceled their fireworks/parades this year. I just assumed it was due to the flash mobs.
Is THAT what happened to all those mindless little Democratic rug rats?
And this study is what? Sounds like a load of BS to me. Another grant for a useless study. Another politically driven bit of pseudo-science.
lets make it mandatory to have 4th parade every weekend!
Sell this little shithole town to the north koreans.
I’m glad I moved out of the over liberal Southern California to a nice small very Conservative and extremely patriotic Mid Western Town.
We get to say Merry Christmas and God Bless you in stores in the Court House and in our Schools.
I will be happily supplying my 6 year old son with Fourth of July parades and a grand display of fire works to continue his Conservative American loving patriot upbringing.
God Bless America our Military and our Friends Israel.
The 44th. President of the United States. The assault on the Constitution begins. How do you like him now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=gQD9IaGoLWk
I love a 4th of july parade. fuck the leftist bastards
The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats.
Seriously
The libs have May Day and Cinco De Mayo.
That is the cutest picture EVER.
One July 4th, I dressed my two daughters up, aged two and four, in red, white and blue dresses and bought them each a rhinestone flag pendant from the jewelry section at the department store that they wore on their dresses. OMG, not one person didn’t want to pet their heads or kiss them or coo over them:) And they knew they were the bomb!
That was Travis AFB, Fairfield, CA. My memories of their most lovely ramshackle parade of all 4th of July parades are many and precious, including booing our local congressman as his car drove by!
I always cheered loudest for the Viet Nam Vets!
She’s a grand old flag, she’s a high-flying flag and forever in peace may she wave! She’s the emblem of, the land I love, the home of the free and the brave!
I love the 4th of July! I just sent out home made 4th of July cards and BBQ’ing mix CDs.
Fireworks and BBQs, how can you not love that regardless of your political persuasion??
What are these lefties worried about?
Don’t they realize once they get our children in their public re-education camps (public schools) they can reverse every patriotic value a parent has instilled in their child.
We need more presidents and Supreme Court judges from Commie Town.
At one time, I would have been impressed by a study conducted at Harvard.
Not anymore.
Is this study something that is intended to shame the left or the right in it’s conclusions? Personally, I hope they keep these studies up as they continue to show the left for what they are.
Miserable malcontents who openly hate western religion, our country, the founders, the founding principles, and all forms of rightousness, which includes the time honored traditions which are cherished by the majority in this nation.
Soon their base will consist of no one but the dregs of society, illegal immigrants who hold no loyalty to this country and the wastes of space who honor and respect nothing. That is certainly will be a recipe for success when you are trying to attract votes to maintain your control of the levers of power.
You know they make it sound like loving your country and wanting to support it is a bad thing that we are like Islamic extremist. I don’t get it. Why does it matter it the fucking 4th we won a huge victory for freedom we created a great and wonderful life style free or tyranny and freedom of religion
YET!!!! lets celebrate the fuck out of cinco de mayo and what ever the fuck the Muslims celebrate also lets have earth day parades and force our school children to celebrate Earth day I mean its not even the Earths birthday at least do some sort of science and carbon dating and give us a month or seasons you may think the Earth was created in and then you can have your excuse for your Earth day follies.
Lets give Gays and Illegal’s parades up our asses (no pun intended) and what do these parades do to young children who get to see grown men run around naked in Mommies underwear or grown woman with breast that sag down to their crouch run around naked celebrating the fact they Love to eat fish tacos in front of small children?
Illegal’s and Communist get to march and show patriotism for their home countries on May 1st and no one says boo about it.
Liberals find American Patriotism vile distasteful and repulsive. Why? You want all these freedoms given to every social group you can come up with… Actually you want more freedoms granted to these groups based on sexual orientation, Illegal entry into our country. Separate laws and more regions control by one group of people who hate us all and want us dead and try to kill us thousands of times a year. You want special privileges based on skin color while those lacking darker skin pigment lose more of theirs.
You want total control over everyone’s lives in the name of liberty?? Free sex all the drugs you can handle as long as you don’t eat a Twinkie celebrate any Christians holidays pray or have an allegiance to America but you can have a strong allegiance to your home country and Never ever be forced to learn our language or suffer the laws of our constitution.
Fucking screwed up beyond hope and completely retarded.
I hope I make sense I have a migraine and I’m pissed off at Liberals.
World English Dictionary
liberal (ˈlɪbərəl, ˈlɪbrəl)
— adj
1. relating to or having social and political views that favour progress and reform
2. relating to or having policies or views advocating individual freedom
3. giving and generous in temperament or behaviour
4. tolerant of other people
5. abundant; lavish: a liberal helping of cream
6. not strict; free: a liberal translation
7. of or relating to an education that aims to develop general cultural interests and intellectual ability.
They forgot to add, As long as it is communist in nature and completely lacking moral responsibility has absolutely No patriotism to the United State or our Constitution and devoid of any Christian belief systems.
So, like pot is the “gateway” drug leading to heavier drugs, Independence Day is the “gateway” holiday to leading the kids to being incorrigible Republicans?
Amazing. That an entire political party and movement would openly admit that the opposition loves their country more than they do.
Wow.
Well maybe, Harvard, its that Republicans undertand WHY WE CELEBRATE the Fourth of July – otherwise known as INDEPENDENCE DAY.
If Democrats don’t understand that, and don’t think that’s worth celebrating, then fuck ‘em.
Next up, legislation outlawing Independence Day.
The kids are not turned into republicans because of parades and fireworks. They are naturally republicans, born to enjoy freedom and liberty. Only when they get into school and are indoctrinated with Marxist group think do they learn to hate. Then they become democrats. Geez.
reagan said, to a conservative, everyday is july 4th,
and to democraps its april 15th….
This article just reveals what most of us have instinctively known all along.
Folks who love America and all she stands for, and believe in American exceptionalism tend to be Republicans/Conservative. They tend to congregate at events that celebrate America’s greatness and good fortune and they are grateful and proud of our country.
Folks who tend to be malcontents, who don’t believe in American exceptionalism (or often their own for that matter) and spend their time looking for our country’s faults and perceived injustices tend to be Democrat/Liberal. The tend to congregate at events where people bitch and complain about these faults and try to make our country more like other less successful countries.
The 4th of JULY sure is better then some stupid earthday celebration where we see some bunch of granola munching tree huggers running around dressed at trees and fish and looking like total baffoons
“Democratic political candidates can skip this weekend’s July 4th parades. A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.”
I. JUST. LOVE. THAT.
My favorite holiday, the most important one, and there is no flag on Earth more beautiful than Old Glory.
Please stay away Democrats.. so voters will know you are America hating Marxist scum..
One of Obama’s alleged children was supposedly born on July 4…
knowing Michelle, you’d think she would have pushed her back in until the 5th.
More evidence the loony, liberal left hates everything about Independence Day and patriotism in general.
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/06/30/harvard-study-july-4th-parades-energize-only-gop-voters-increase-likelihood-kids-will-vote-republican/
Green Movement Calls Fireworks ‘Eco-Hazards,’ Sues to Ban July 4th Display in California
Apparently the “rockets’ red glare” isn’t “green” enough for some environmentalists.
Fourth of July fireworks displays have been deemed “ecologically hazardous” by some eco-warriors, who are urging environmentally-conscious Americans to shun the tradition.
[F]ireworks shows spray out a toxic concoction that rains down quietly into lakes, rivers and bays throughout the country,” wrote the Mother Nature Network’s Russell McLendon on June 30. “Many of the chemicals in fireworks are also persistent in the environment, meaning they stubbornly sit there instead of breaking down.”
McLendon suggested avoiding fireworks and finding other ways to celebrate Independence Day. “The most eco-friendly alternative to fireworks is to forgo explosions altogether – go to a parade, go fishing, grill out, or help out,” he wrote.
According to the writer, those stubborn traditionalists who insist on seeing “the sky festively illuminated” can always “try a laser light show” – which McLendon says is the eco-friendly – albeit, lame – way to celebrate the Fourth.
The Mother Nature Network is an environmental news service that covers “the broadest scope of environmental and social responsibility issues on the internet.” It was founded in 2008 by Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell. Its advisory board includes former Weather Channel star Heidi Cullen and Barbara Pyle, the co-creator and producer of the eco-cartoon “Captain Planet and the Planeteers.”
But while McLendon’s Mother Nature article simply recommends that people opt out of fireworks celebrations, one environmental group in California is taking a more heavy-handed approach.
The Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation is suing the city of La Jolla, CA to stop its fireworks display, claiming that the Independence Day tradition is perilous to the area’s sensitive maritime resources.
“The entire shoreline in La Jolla per the La Jolla community plan is a sensitive resource. It’s highly protected,” Marco Gonzalez, an attorney for the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, told News10. Gonzalez’s group launched its suit against the city on June 25.
According to the organization’s lawsuit, the city of La Jolla did not apply for a Coastal Development permit or comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, two steps the group says are legally necessary before the city can host a fireworks display.
The foundation also alleged that the ecological impacts of the Fourth of July show, including traffic and the pollutants from firework debris entering the region’s coastal resources, have not been considered in an environmental review.
The environmental group’s suit will be heard on Wednesday, but another organization called the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation says it is battling to keep the annual city fireworks show going forward.
“The 4th of July celebrates our country’s freedoms, and we intend to vigorously defend those freedoms here,” said the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation on its website.
The Fireworks advocacy group insisted that the show will go on, in spite of the lawsuit.
“The City of San Diego has issued us the necessary permits to continue the fireworks display and we intend to continue with the event,” said the statement on the organization’s website.
Fireworks displays are just the latest great American tradition to get caught in the cross-hairs of the environmental “green” movement, joining the long-despised hamburgers, SUVs, and indoor air conditioning.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/alana-goodman/2010/06/29/green-movement-calls-fireworks-eco-hazards-sues-ban-july-4th-display
A laser light show? Now your talking….c’mon kids, grab that bag of rice cakes and let’s head down to the basement…this is going to be the best 4th ever…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn3zxtffAs
If this study means the lib-turds will NOT attend the 4th of July parade, then I just may go – I’ll still have my .45 on my person.
Any respect I ever had for Harvard is long gone – Ivy League is just another form of Poison Ivy to me now.
It won’t be long before someone is “offended” and the parades will be banned. I am still recovering from the bitch in Houston telling volunteers at a funeral they can’t say God Bless You.
God bless Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band. Thank you for honoring our gorgeous troops so well:
“Over an 18 month period a film crew, led by director Jonathan Flora, traveled with Gary and the band to film Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good. July 4th is the start of unique 30-day online event. When viewers stream the film at LtDanBandMovie.com, one out of every four dollars will be donated to The Gary Sinise Foundation, which honors our nation’s defenders through programs and projects that serve our military, veterans, first responders and their families, as well as by supporting other charities such as the USO, Operation International Children and Snowball Express.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYChMdzoqy0
http://www.ltdanbandmovie.com/
http://www.ltdanband.com/index.html
“…After independence, Jefferson explained that the Declaration was “an expression of the American mind” intended to “give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.” The result is a timeless document the spirit of which is as applicable today as it was then. The people have the means at their disposal to take back our country and the government from the disconnected oligarchy in Washington. However, this only works if Americans actually step up. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, the country will only be a republic if the people are strong enough to keep it.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/1/thomas-jeffersons-reset-button/
“A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.”
Don’t I wish. There are huge celebrations in Oregon and Washington, and yet, still blue states.
Oh The Irony … Republicans patting themselves on the back for their Patriotism … While simultaneously showing their NON-PATRIOTISM / love of country by insulting our Leader and the 50 + percent of AMERICANS who are not Republicans
PAR FOR THE COURSE … It’s got to be either racism or stupidity