WORLD HISTORY: 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIES

U.S. Presidential Election 2008

What was on people's mind during the caucuses and primaries? -
PSYCHO-POLITICAL MATRIX

People's Desires/Aversions and Psychological State

Caucus / Primary	Winners DEM/REP	Psychology
Iowa 3-Jan-08	Obama Huckabee	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology Analytics
New Hampshire 8-Jan-08	Clinton McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Michigan 15-Jan-08	Clinton Romney	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Nevada 19-Jan-08	Clinton Romney	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
South Carolina 19-Jan-08	McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
South Carolina 26-Jan-08	Obama	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Florida 29-Jan-08	Clinton McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Maine 1-3-Feb-08	Romney	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Super Tuesday 5-Feb-08	Obama (13) Clinton (9) McCain (9) Romney (7) Huchabee (5)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology Uncertainty Security
Kansas Louisiana Nebraska Virgin Islands Washigton 9-Feb-08	Obama (4) Clinton (0) McCain (1) Huchabee (2)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Maine 10-Feb-08	Obama	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
District of Columbia Maryland Virginia 12-Feb-08	Obama (3) McCain (3)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Wisconsin Washington Hawaii 19-Feb-08	Obama (2) McCain (2)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
USA 24-Feb-08	Nader	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Ohio Rhode Island Texas Vermont 4-Mar-08	Clinton (3) Obama (1) McCain (4) Huchabee (0)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Wyoming 8-Mar-08	Obama	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Mississippi 11-Mar-08	Obama McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Pennsylvania 22-Apr-08	Clinton McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Guam 3-May-08	Obama	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Indiana North Carolina 6-May-08	Clinton (1) Obama (1) McCain (2)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
West Virginia 13-May-08	Clinton McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Kentucky Oregon 20-May-08	Clinton (1) Obama (1) McCain (2)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Idaho 27-May-08	McCain	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Puerto Rico 1-Jun-08	Clinton	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Montana New Mexico South Dakota 3-Jun-08	Clinton (1) Obama (1) - Wins Democratic Nomination McCain (2)	Top Desires Emotions Feelings Psychology
Nebraska 12-Jul-08	REP

People's "Stream of Thought"/
"Doctrinal Structure"
World Events Correlated with Desires, Aversions, Suppressed or Suspended Concerns, and Powers � Pre/During/Post Election

Worldwide Stream of Thought: Awareness and Attention
2007 2008

Worldwide Focus of Attention
2007 2008

Money Watch
2007 2008
Money Correlations

Emotions, Feelings, Irrationality, Mood, and Love/Hate ─ Worldwide
200-Day Charts

Emotions: Happiness/Misery
Misery (Unhappiness) peaked at 80% on 5-Jan-08; Anger peaked at 46.2% on 14-Jan-08 (two days before President George W. Bush announced that America needed an Economic Growth Package (worth about $145 billion).

Feelings: Pleasure/Pain
Hostility peaked at 38.0% on 8-Jan-07.

Irrationality; Exuberance/Gloom
Irrational Gloom peaked at 8.6% on 5-Jan-07, then at 9.8% on 24-Feb-08.

Mood Worldwide: Delighted/Depressed*
Delight peaked at 78.9% on 21-Apr-08. Depression peaked at 60% on 5-Jan-08.

Love/Hate*
Hate peaked at 55.6% on 16-Mar-08, the day JP Morgan Chase was to buy Bear Stearns for $236 million (at a 93% discount).
* Experimental Indexes.

Chronological World Events and Bibliography

World Events

Word Events

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