This is an inter­est­ing revi­sion to some research that got trac­tion a while ago, but I’m not sure what the authors think their new data pos­i­tive­ly sug­gests. They say Brooks was wrong, but it does seem clear that some group does give more than some oth­er group. Who do they think this group is?

Who Real­ly Gives? Par­ti­san­ship and Char­i­ta­ble Giv­ing in the Unit­ed States — The Mon­key CagePrince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty Press

Michele Mar­go­lis and Michael Sances write: Con­ser­v­a­tives and lib­er­als are equal­ly gen­er­ous in their dona­tion habits. This pat­tern holds at both the indi­vid­ual and state lev­el, and con­tra­dicts the conv…

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