Fri, 22 Oct 2004

Kerry supporters know Kerry better than Bush supporters know Bush!

It's true!

Look at this interesting report:

http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf

The first part of the report shows that Kerry and Bush supporters live in two different "realities." Each set of supporters believes a fundamentally different set of statements is true about the most import issues, like: Were there WMDs in Iraq? Did Iraq support al Qaeda?

The second part is really telling: Most people that support Bush do not really know what his stances are on issues! For example: Bush opposes labor and environmental standards in trade agreements, but only 13% of Bush supporters know that!

What does this mean? There can be two explanations:

• One is that some people that support Bush are doing so in error. They are misinformed about Bush's policies, and would (theoretically) not support him if they knew more about them.


• Another is that some people "blindly" support Bush (maybe just an emotional, irrational thing), and do so without being aware of what he supports and opposes.