Almost like reporting on the antelope-crocodile anxiety gap

This possibility is addressed in the article:

> There are ways to frame these findings sympathetically to liberals: for instance, that liberals are more conscientious about the suffering of other people or the conditions of the world, whereas conservatives are happy but selfish.

A more charitable take might be that conservatives tend to be community focused, active with their school boards and asking their State lawmakers to address issues, whereas liberal politics focus on nearly all issues being Federal issues for some reason.

The locus of control imbalance causes a tremendous amount of suffering.