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In the presented statistics, it's not so much about party as it is about age. Which tracks with my experience that young people are much more conflict averse.

Also, interesting that men are twice as likely to lie as women. Which goes against accepted logic that women would be more likely to conform socially.

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This might have something to do with the fact that young women skew so heavily democratic that there isn't any need to lie; it's already the default position for your social context.

Unless they aren't in a space where telling that truth is safe, be it from familial pressure, peer pressure, pressure from their significant other.

Same for the young men, honestly.

It could also be that, for at least this election, a lot is a stake for women so they're more likely to be emboldened

> Which goes against accepted logic that women would be more likely to conform socially.

Citation needed. Where is that coming from?

Heels, yucky lipstick

Conformity > Specific predictors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity#Specific_predictors

If you search for papers on male vs female conformity, it's a pretty widely researched topic.

Or it could be that men perceive that their partners are more likely to get agitated over their political choice f it runs counter their own, compared to women who feel that their choice won't have such a big impact on their spouse.

Not odd at all really. Men who are voting Republican aren't going to get interest from people who vote Democrat, so they lie to make themselves look better than they are.

It tracks with my experience that nobody has asked me who I'm voting for in an election since I was younger than 27.

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