Someone on twitter was curious about GOP attitudes toward astrology. I left the party breakdown out of the previous post because ideology accounts for most party differences. In other words, conservatives are more skeptical of astrology than liberals, and Republicans more than Democrats, but the second result just seems to emerge from the Republican's greater conservatism.
Why are independents so gullible? It probably has to do with their lower average intelligence (this goes for moderates too). So I simply limited the sample to those with at least bachelor's degrees to control for intelligence:
Astrology very scientificAstrology somewhat scientificAstrology not scientific
Strong Democrat63163
Democrat73063
Lean Democrat42867
Independent73757
Lean Republican32671
Republican42175
Strong Republican42076
The distinctiveness of independents diminishes somewhat, but Democrats with college degrees or more remain more gullible than Republicans with the same (the difference remains if you control for sex by the way).
Limited to those with college degrees or more
Astrology very scientificAstrology somewhat scientificAstrology not scientific
Strong Democrat32176
Democrat41779
Lean Democrat22178
Independent42275
Lean Republican1990
Republican01188
Strong Republican11089
