Friday September 24, 2004

Behind the Masks

BuyCostumes.com has put together a chart correlating the sale of caricature masks with the results of the last six presidential elections. Since 1980, the candidate whose mask has sold the best has won the election, which is kind of counter-intuitive, since one might think that whoever’s mask is selling faster is being ridiculed the most. But apparently there are people — a lot of people — who view political masks, not as mockery, but as homage. As of today, Bush masks are outselling Kerry masks 56% to 44%.

(via BoingBoing.)