Randomized survey explores dreams related to the 2000 election, highlighting public obsession with politics.
During the indecision following the 2000 Presidential election voting on November 7, many people have been so obsessed by it that they not only thought about it all day, but also dreamed about it all night, too. I have been doing research on dreams and Presidential elections since 1992. I’ve passed out surveys to hundreds of college students, contacted the members of various political organizations, posted requests on electronic bulletin boards, and pestered my friends and neighbors. As you might imagine, I’ve received far more responses this year than I did in either 1992 or 1996. What I have found offers an amusing nocturnal commentary on the waking world’s political turmoil.
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