GOP States Buy More Porn

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 27, 2009 6:32 PM CST
GOP States Buy More Porn
Special Agent Don Condon from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement uses an AOL account on his computer August 14, 2001 to bring online pedophiles to justice.   (Getty Images)

Church-going Republicans are more likely than liberals to buy pornography online, New Scientist reports. In a nationwide study of purchases at an adult entertainment company, researchers found that eight in 10 of the most porno-consuming states voted for John McCain last year. "One natural hypothesis is something like repression: if you're told you can't have this, then you want it more," one researcher said.

The range between the most and least porno-loving states was slim but noticeable: Utah topped the list with 5.47 adult subscriptions per 1,000 users of broadband at home; Montana came up last with 1.92 per 1,000. But church-goers knew when to lay off, purchasing less porn on Sundays, and making up for it with buys during the rest of the week.  (More pornography stories.)

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