Who gives more to charity?

you can’t prove or disprove this sort of generalization, it’s too broad and impossible to substantiate.

I have always voted the Democratic ticket in National elections. My daughter is a staunch Republican (oh how we failed as parents) but I am still supporting her.
Are her charitable contributions from a Democrat’s pocket or a Republican’s??

SRM

It appears that your friend is right. At least according to this study by Mr. Brooks who is a Roman Catholic and politically independent, that has registered as both a Democrat and a Republican in the past decade.

“Brooks finds that religious conservatives are far more charitable than secular liberals, and that those who support the idea that government should redistribute income are among the least likely to dig into their own wallets to help others.”

I couldn’t find any other study.

It makes sense that if you believe government should redistribute the wealth, then you don’t need to do much privately. If you think charity should only be private, then you don’t want government in the business of helping people. Or perhaps vice versa.

I wonder if the CPS might help answer this question. Or the GSS. That probably wouldn’t be too hard. Sorry, thinking aloud. Current Population Survey and General Social Survey, respectively.

Rather naive (not to mention flat-out incorrect) of you to say that tithing or giving money to mega churches goes only to build bigger buildings. In less than two minutes online, I found many megachurches who are involved in community outreaches that include such things as food pantries for the poor, meals-on-wheels, counseling, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, outreaches to wounded veterans, mentoring, disaster relief, home-building, CPR and First-Aid training, foster care and adoption, and prison ministries, just to name a few. But I guess those things don’t “count,” right?

@poser: GA