Want To Run For Office? You Better Start Running First

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Want To Run For Office? You Better Start Running First

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/weight-stigma-political-campaign_n_5366905.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l4zZQncs3.fynMfZ.dcx.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/resize/200x200/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1809459/original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Want To Run For Office? You Better Start Running First" align="left" title="Want To Run For Office? You Better Start Running First" border="0" /></a>Political candidates have a lot to worry about on the campaign trail: the gaffe-to-gif pipeline, a 24/7 news cycle, debates, and, of course, attacks from their opponents. But according to a new study, maybe they should be worried about their weight, too. Researchers at Hope College and Michigan State University found an association between the heaviness of a candidate and the number of votes garnered. If a candidate is up against someone who's noticeably less heavy, the vote-count chasm widens even further. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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