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Friday, October 20, 2006
What do George Bush supporters see in him?
By Dave Kaczmarek
Originally posted 11:17 am PT, Friday, Oct 22, 2004
It's been 3 months since I launched this website. Clearly, I have strong opinions about this election, but I believe I do try to see both sides of a story. That's why I have repeatedly asked Bush supporters to justify their candidate's view on a variety of issues. To my amazement, very few Bush supporters have taken the challenge, yet he continues to lead, barely, in the polls. HOW CAN THIS BE?
I believe I have found a potential answer to this conundrum.
A study released yesterday by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland concludes that Kerry and Bush supporters apparently live in different universes, complete with different facts and probably different laws of physics. Bush supporters continue to believe it is a fact that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction; Kerry supporters don't. Bush supporters continue to believe Saddam Hussein was supporting al Qaeda; Kerry supporters don't. Bush supporters believe that most people in other countries approve of the war in Iraq; Kerry supporters don't. Read it for yourself.
How to reconcile this with the facts? For Bush supporters, it's easier to ignore them. The beliefs attributed to Bush supporters have been widely disproved: the Duelfer report found Iraq had no WMD nor even a weapons plan before the war, while the 9/11 Commission Report found there was no operational relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda.
Specifically, the PIPA study lists 8 issues on which the candidates have expressed starkly different views. On 6 of the 8 listed issues, the majority of Bush supporters incorrectly percieves Bush's position on the issue. Contrast that with the majority of Kerry supporters' correct perception of Kerry's position on 7 of the 8 issues.
It is normal during elections for supporters of presidential candidates to have fundamental disagreements about values (such as the proper role of the government) or strategies (such as how best to defend US interests). But as the study shows, the current election is unique in that Bush supporters and Kerry supporters have profoundly different perceptions of reality. So why is this the case? And, more specifically, why are Bush supporters clinging to beliefs that have been so visibly refuted?
The study asserts that Bush supporters cling to these beliefs because they are necessary for their support for the decision to go to war with Iraq. To support the president and to accept that he took the US to war based on mistaken assumptions is difficult to bear, especially in light of the continuing costs in terms of lives and money. Apparently, to avoid this cognitive dissonance, Bush supporters suppress awareness of unsettling information. PLEASE READ THE STUDY!
So, now that we seem to understand the Bush supporters, can any of the undecideds explain to me what continues to perplex them?
By Dave Kaczmarek
Originally posted 11:17 am PT, Friday, Oct 22, 2004
It's been 3 months since I launched this website. Clearly, I have strong opinions about this election, but I believe I do try to see both sides of a story. That's why I have repeatedly asked Bush supporters to justify their candidate's view on a variety of issues. To my amazement, very few Bush supporters have taken the challenge, yet he continues to lead, barely, in the polls. HOW CAN THIS BE?
I believe I have found a potential answer to this conundrum.
A study released yesterday by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland concludes that Kerry and Bush supporters apparently live in different universes, complete with different facts and probably different laws of physics. Bush supporters continue to believe it is a fact that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction; Kerry supporters don't. Bush supporters continue to believe Saddam Hussein was supporting al Qaeda; Kerry supporters don't. Bush supporters believe that most people in other countries approve of the war in Iraq; Kerry supporters don't. Read it for yourself.
How to reconcile this with the facts? For Bush supporters, it's easier to ignore them. The beliefs attributed to Bush supporters have been widely disproved: the Duelfer report found Iraq had no WMD nor even a weapons plan before the war, while the 9/11 Commission Report found there was no operational relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda.
Specifically, the PIPA study lists 8 issues on which the candidates have expressed starkly different views. On 6 of the 8 listed issues, the majority of Bush supporters incorrectly percieves Bush's position on the issue. Contrast that with the majority of Kerry supporters' correct perception of Kerry's position on 7 of the 8 issues.
It is normal during elections for supporters of presidential candidates to have fundamental disagreements about values (such as the proper role of the government) or strategies (such as how best to defend US interests). But as the study shows, the current election is unique in that Bush supporters and Kerry supporters have profoundly different perceptions of reality. So why is this the case? And, more specifically, why are Bush supporters clinging to beliefs that have been so visibly refuted?
The study asserts that Bush supporters cling to these beliefs because they are necessary for their support for the decision to go to war with Iraq. To support the president and to accept that he took the US to war based on mistaken assumptions is difficult to bear, especially in light of the continuing costs in terms of lives and money. Apparently, to avoid this cognitive dissonance, Bush supporters suppress awareness of unsettling information. PLEASE READ THE STUDY!
So, now that we seem to understand the Bush supporters, can any of the undecideds explain to me what continues to perplex them?
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