Are Bush Voters Certifiable?
A graduate student at a Connecticut university says he has proven a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush: The more psychotic the patient, the more likely he or she was to vote for Bush. (Via Largest Minority)A graduate student at a Connecticut university says he has proven a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush: The more psychotic the patient, the more likely he or she was to vote for Bush.
(Via Largest Minority)
Wait, before you go…New Haven Advocate:
Christopher Lohse, a social work master’s student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush.
Lohse says his study is no joke. The thesis draws on a survey of 69 psychiatric outpatients in three Connecticut locations during the 2004 presidential election. Lohse’s study, backed by SCSU psychology professor Jaak Rakfeldt and statistician Misty Ginacola, found a correlation between the severity of a person’s psychosis and their preferences for president: The more psychotic the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Bush.
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