Is it any wonder liberals are having a mental health crisis?

Liberals are more than twice as likely to say they have poor mental health — while conservatives are more than twice as likely to say their mental well-being is “excellent.”Is it any wonder?Conservatives promote family and religious values and pro-community messaging.The left is the party of grievance politics and “yes you can’t” messaging.Now, data collected from the 2022 Cooperative Election Study from Tufts University and reported by statistician and political commentator Nate Silver reveals that, among voters who said their mental health was poor, 45% identified as politically liberal and just 19% were conservatives.Conversely, those who said they had excellent mental health identified as conservative 51% of the time, while 20% were liberal.The stark lifestyle differences between the two are illuminating.For one thing, Democrats have ceded a virtual monopoly on pro-family and pro-religious messaging to Republicans — the very values that can promote life meaning, interpersonal connection and mental well-being.Conservatives traditionally promote family values, and it’s long been known that people who have other people who rely on them, like spouses and children, fare better than people who only worry about themselves.Take, for example, Fay Dubinsky, a 28-year-old Zoomer who actually describes herself as a happy member of the most depressed generation on record. “I take time for myself, but so much of my day is to help others, to take care of my family, to take care of my baby,” Dubinsky, a mother of a two-year-old, told The Post.

“People my age, their life is about them, and serving themselves, and always seeking out more pleasure.”Some 86% of conservatives identify with a religion, according to Pew.And religious people are more likely to self-describe as “very happy” in the United States, likely because they have a connection to a higher purpose beyond the earthly world.This likewise applies to Dubinsky: “I grew up Jewish and reli...