If the election left a bitter taste in your mouth, this study might make you feel better. It made me feel worse.

The results of the presidential election have left me feeling alienated from the rest of the country. How did so many of my fellow citizens, whom I regard as generally reasonable and intelligent people, come to such an overwhelmingly different conclusion than I did? I have to assume we were looking at a whole different set of data, really. I guess that's a result of living in this bubble of Democrats. As someone living in a non-swing state, I haven't been inundated with propaganda for the past several months (or at least I'm seeing a whole different set of propaganda). Maybe if I had seen all the ad campaigns then I might not have been convinced, but at least I might come closer to understanding how anyone could support Bush.

Or maybe I can just take comfort from the study that said more than half of Bush-supporters are hopelessly misinformed and get on with my life.

One bit of comfort I found in all this is the turnout for the election. At least people are participating, and that's the first step.