Gallup reports the public's response to the Inauguration of President George W. Bush:

• Almost three-quarters, 73%, either watched the ceremonies live (40%), or followed them on the news (33%). Another 26% said they did neither. Among those who didn't watch, about a third could not do so although they wanted to, while the rest either didn't care or said they didn't like Bush.
  
  
• Despite some controversy this past week over whether it was appropriate to have such a gala while the country is at war, 60% of Americans said the festivities were appropriate; 32% disagreed.
  
  
• Among those who watched either the inaugural ceremony or news about the ceremony, 62% rated Bush's speech as excellent or good, while only 11% said poor or terrible. Another 20% said the speech was "just OK."
  
  
• Most people, 67%, saw Bush's inauguration as a cause for celebration -- either for Bush personally (21%) or for U.S. democracy and history (46%). Another 30% of Americans denied the inauguration was a cause for celebration at all.
  
  
• Though substantial majorities of Americans saw the festivities as appropriate and the inauguration as a cause for celebration, only half said they were either happy or thrilled about Bush's inauguration. A quarter said they didn't care, and another 22% said they were either unhappy or depressed.

Interesting results. From this it appears that 25-30% of the people who voted for Kerry are not that upset about the election result. I know the parade protesters were a very small minority of the crowd present, despite the commensurate airtime they received. It is interesting that this shows that the sour grapes crowd is much smaller than the noise they are making.