UA study suggests people reminded of 9/11 support Bush.
Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 04:29PM
TheSpook

Worried about another Sept. 11-style  attack? Then you might need a little George W. Bush in your life, a new University of Arizona study suggests. As part of a study of times of trouble, UA psychological researcher Mark Landau found that, when reminded about Sept. 11 and mortality, people wanted Bush as their leader and not John Kerry. Further, the more someone thought about Sept. 11 or their own mortality, the more prone they were to support President Bush. "The strength (of the responses) was ridiculous," said Landau, who plans to vote for John Kerry. "These effects were found regardless of a person's political orientation." [more ]
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