Posted by Aima at 3:46pm Aug 24 '12It's kind of scary how much your politics can influence charitable donations.
Rice University found in their study that just the wording of a request for aid will make a person of a specific leaning up to 3 times more likely to give.
Romney's situation isn't that unusual either. Some stats also say that almost 40% of Americas annual charitable donations are as part of a tithe of some form.
I don't personally see how this can work in the long term, though an obvious example of volunteers making up for a lack of government funds is the London games. When you walked through London at times, in the area, it seemed their were more pink shirts than public.
Rice University found in their study that just the wording of a request for aid will make a person of a specific leaning up to 3 times more likely to give.
Romney's situation isn't that unusual either. Some stats also say that almost 40% of Americas annual charitable donations are as part of a tithe of some form.
I don't personally see how this can work in the long term, though an obvious example of volunteers making up for a lack of government funds is the London games. When you walked through London at times, in the area, it seemed their were more pink shirts than public.
Link: their study
Political influence on charity. - Aima