The American people, bless their little hearts, were stupid enough

[TwilightZone]

1. "against their own best interests"

Assuming that we know what should be in their best interests is presumptuous. People have myriad reasons for voting the way they do, and it's rarely as simple as what we think their motivations should be.

As long as we continue to lump them all together into what we think should be a nice, neat box, we're not going to learn anything.