Obesity: A Republican problem?

[Mr. Morden]

The fat states also tend to be poor states, which tend to vote Republican, while the rich states vote for Dems.  And yet it's the rich people in those poor states that are most likely to vote Republican. [/andrew gelman]

[Mr. Morden]

There's a correlation between being poor (and, by extension, between living in a poor state) and being obese, and a correlation between being a not-as-poor person in a poor state and being a Republican.

Conclusion: If you have money, then living anywhere in the proximity of fat people will make you more likely to vote Republican.