Why do "they" vote against their interests?

[podfish]

Here in comfortably liberal Northern California, I still know plenty of people who fit well with the description here (https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/democrats_can_t_win_white_working_class_voters_the_party_is_too_closely.html). But I bet as you head east/south, this fits damn near everyone.

Even some of the comments are insightful. Some, I said... maybe start with the 'top comments' link (https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/democrats_can_t_win_white_working_class_voters_the_party_is_too_closely.html#lf_comment=236485004).

[Sara S]

When I worked for In Home Support, I met older, poor people who voted Republican, which was totally against their interest; the cartoonist Tom Tomorrow nailed the reason: mis-identification with the economic elite......Michael Huffington was running for some state office, and one of my clients was going to vote for him; I said "He doesn't have many qualifications, he's just rich." She said "Well, I'd like to be rich."


Here in comfortably liberal Northern California, I still know plenty of people who fit well with the description here (https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/democrats_can_t_win_white_working_class_voters_the_party_is_too_closely.html). But I bet as you head east/south, this fits damn near everyone.

Even some of the comments are insightful. Some, I said... maybe start with the 'top comments' link (https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/democrats_can_t_win_white_working_class_voters_the_party_is_too_closely.html#lf_comment=236485004).