Was Hypocrisy on the Ballot Yesterday

I read someone on line who said that people who voted for Bush assumed that he was sincere when he said he wanted to fight terrorism and win the conflict in Iraq while people who voted for Kerry assumed he was a hypocrite when he said he wanted to fight terrorism and win the conflict in Iraq.

One could also assume that some people voted for Kerry because they assumed he was a hypocrite when he said he was against gay marriage and abortion.

I don't doubt that some people did this (especially on Iraq and gay marriage). However, I expect more people who voted for Kerry did so out of a general dissatisfaction or unease or fear. Thus I don't consider the election to have been a referendum on hypocrisy.