By taking multiple saliva samples from 183 young men and women on election night, researchers found that the testosterone levels of men who voted for John McCain or Robert Barr dropped sharply 40 minutes after Obama was announced the winner.

It’s already a medical commonplace that male testosterone levels go down when they experience serious disappointment, especially a tough athletic loss. From ABC , we learn that Republicans had a drop in testosterone levels on a certain November evening of last year:

This tells us why so many angry Republican men can’t put a name to their rage. The lost election left them feeling unmanly; it’s compensation. We know all about that by now: