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Why Poor Republicans Vote the Way They Do
Why do poor and middle class Americans vote for Republican candidates against their own self-interests? It’s a question that has confounded the Left for decades.
Many wrongly assume that less-fortunate Republicans are single issue voters. Yet time and again, their promised reforms fail to materialize even when their party holds the White House, Senate and US House of Representatives. Despite no progress made on their pet issue, they cast their ballot for the GOP candidate in the next election.
It’s not that they are ignorant about their Party’s failure to make good on their promises. The Republican voters understand exactly what they are doing.
These GOP members don’t care about smaller government, fiscal responsibility, or even abortion. The “single issue" is a placeholder — an excuse they offer to conceal the real reason they cast their ballot for the candidate who is least likely to help them.
Why Someone Like Trump?
Democrats would be wise to understand the motivation for supporting a candidate like Donald Trump.
As millions of Americans lost their jobs to the pandemic, poor Americans voted for the candidate who promised to obstruct an extension of benefits while further lining the pockets of bloated corporations. To the rest…
