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18. You've gotta be kidding.

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Sun Dec 15, 2019, 12:29 PM

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maybe a good analogy for why people vote against their own best interests? [View all] yaesu Dec 2019 OP

Or Maybe ... PBC_Democrat Dec 2019 #1

Correct Blue_Adept Dec 2019 #2

Don't feed the troll. we can do it Dec 2019 #7

I agree with PBC pintobean Dec 2019 #14

I'm with pintobean and kaleva Recursion Dec 2019 #20

+1 Shrek Dec 2019 #21

Reaching these people PBC_Democrat Dec 2019 #25

There've already been studies on why they vote the way they do. It's primarily racism and ignorance. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #38

And what has Trump possibly done for other people's interests hadEnuf Dec 2019 #13

You've gotta be kidding. Duppers Dec 2019 #18

oh, suuuuure they do yaesu Dec 2019 #26

What are some interests that make working poor and working class people vote for Trump? Flaleftist Dec 2019 #54

my theory is pretty straightforward.... quickesst Dec 2019 #3

It's how we're brought up. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #22

it is by far.... quickesst Dec 2019 #31

Another poster said these vermin hated more than they loved. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #46

Maybe a lot of Americans, gab13by13 Dec 2019 #4

it's sad to say NJCher Dec 2019 #11

+ 1. nt iluvtennis Dec 2019 #19

This rusty fender Dec 2019 #32

Chickens voting for Colonel Sanders because they like his folksy accent and want to kairos12 Dec 2019 #5

They don't. I want to banish that phrase from our vocabulary Recursion Dec 2019 #6

yep Demovictory9 Dec 2019 #10

👍🏾 bermudat Dec 2019 #17

this treestar Dec 2019 #28

This, exactly. dchill Dec 2019 #30

No such thing. paleotn Dec 2019 #37

That doesn't impact my point Recursion Dec 2019 #44

And they want those things.... paleotn Dec 2019 #45

Which doesn't matter Recursion Dec 2019 #48

Stupid people are... GeorgeGist Dec 2019 #53

Sometimes they are foolish and misinformed. Flaleftist Dec 2019 #55

They certainly do vote against their own best economic interest. VOX Dec 2019 #68

Best interests rso Dec 2019 #8

So there aren't good people on both sides? You'd better tell what's his name. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #23

Sadly, some people require someone to hate dlk Dec 2019 #9

Just because people vote against OUR best interests doesn't mean they are voting aginst their own Kaleva Dec 2019 #12

You mean when farmers and outdoorsmen vote for those bribed by polluters CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #24

Many of the "religious" right have always been hypocritical Kaleva Dec 2019 #33

Haggard was regularly meeting a male prostitute at a Colorado motel. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #47

most, the largest majority of tRump voters are people who will be harmed by fascism yaesu Dec 2019 #29

You and I will be hurt but not them. They are eager for it. Kaleva Dec 2019 #35

Actually, I won't.... paleotn Dec 2019 #39

Most progressives have empathy for others. When they hurt, we hurt. Kaleva Dec 2019 #51

Surely you've been around here long enough to know that for many DUers hughee99 Dec 2019 #42

We're Democrats. The root word "Demos" is Greek for People. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #49

So because of the name someone picked for the party more than hughee99 Dec 2019 #50

I was referring to us caring about ALL people, thus protecting the social safety nets. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #52

they actually vote to "hurt/punish" the other side Locrian Dec 2019 #15

Propaganda and control of the media. hadEnuf Dec 2019 #16

For propaganda to work, you need a receptive audience. Kaleva Dec 2019 #27

Exactly. Old, rather nefarious saying in the south.... paleotn Dec 2019 #36

We've had 30 years of unchecked, non-stop right wing propaganda hadEnuf Dec 2019 #56

And yet it's had no effect on us because we are not receptive to it. Kaleva Dec 2019 #57

Most are not as tuned-in to politics as people on DU. hadEnuf Dec 2019 #58

Millions who voted for Hillary are not as tuned into politics like we at DU are. Kaleva Dec 2019 #59

Do you think that right wing media has had no effect in swaying people? hadEnuf Dec 2019 #60

Who listens to or watches right wing media but right wingers? Kaleva Dec 2019 #61

So I take it you think right wing media has had no effect hadEnuf Dec 2019 #62

what percentage of the swayable middle watches Fox or listens to RW radio? Kaleva Dec 2019 #63

What percentage doesn't? Sounds like a questions for the pollsters don't you think? hadEnuf Dec 2019 #65

They aren't pouring millions into it. They are making millions off of it. Kaleva Dec 2019 #66

That's only part of the story. hadEnuf Dec 2019 #67

It's often wise to read the source rather then just an interpertation of the source. Kaleva Dec 2019 #71

The article is not completely conclusive either way, which the posted quote points out. hadEnuf Dec 2019 #72

Yellow journalism has been around since before the founding of our nation. Kaleva Dec 2019 #73

Thank you and the same to you. hadEnuf Dec 2019 #74

Down south where I grew up... paleotn Dec 2019 #34

Whenever people talk of voting against their interests, they leave out the word "economic." Garrett78 Dec 2019 #40

K & R whole thread. Duppers Dec 2019 #41

we can be so easily misled scarytomcat Dec 2019 #43

We learn facts to avoid making the same mistakes Esperanto.Mark Dec 2019 #64

Most of trump's support came from Upper Middle Class white people... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #69

Good one. ooky Dec 2019 #70

K&R ck4829 Dec 2019 #75

I don't understand the disagreement in this thread with this assertion. rainin Dec 2019 #76