Not surprisingly, our thinking about politics seems to mirror human thinking about most things: we make decisions and then come up with rationalizations for why we made them. We call them reasons and try to act like they are, but studies cast doubt on the validity of our assertions. This particular study on voting habits has the bast name I have seen in this general category...

It Feels Like We'’re Thinking: The Rationalizing Voter and Electoral Democracy

Hat tip: Sullivan