[learc83]

I believe that political biases are blinding you to the even distribution of cognitive dissonance--no one political party has a monopoly.

Conservative: "There's no way I'm going to trust those idiots in washington with my healthcare" "I do, however, trust those idiots in washington to fight endless wars, and keep the streets free of the evils of Marijuana"

Liberal: "I don't trust those idiots in Washington. They lied to all of us, so that we would support an unjust war." "I do, however, trust those idiots in Washington to run our healthcare and education"

People on both sides will continue to make decisions without using past experience to attempt to determine the outcome.

[nightski]

Meh, I think it is that people really just don't feel like they have an optimal choice. So they decide based on what matters to them most. Some think healthcare and education are more important, others security and freedom. Either way you can't have it all.