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5. NYT: Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 08:06 PM

Nov 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/opinion/sunday/who-turned-my-blue-state-red.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

Who Turned My Blue State Red?
Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net.
By ALEC MacGILLISNOV. 20, 2015

An interesting article focusing on eastern Kentucky. Essentially he says that poor people don't vote.

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Kentucky counties with highest Medicaid rates backed Matt Bevin, who plans to cut Medicaid [View all] KamaAina Nov 2015 OP

And they will probably vote for him again newfie11 Nov 2015 #1

I guess that is their priority n2doc Nov 2015 #2

No, silly. They're into Oxy in those parts. "Hillbilly heroin", y'know. KamaAina Nov 2015 #3

Heroin's cheaper n2doc Nov 2015 #8

"To be honest with you, a lot of folks in Owsley County went to the polls and voted against gay marr saturnsring Nov 2015 #4

NYT: Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net. enough Nov 2015 #5

I wonder how much voter suppression has to do with that? jwirr Nov 2015 #12

No. Majority on Medicaid voted for the democratic nominee, yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #6

That may be true in urban areas like Louisville and Lexington KamaAina Nov 2015 #10

Many of them don't realize their KYnect accounts are ACA accounts... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #7

I really wish some kind folks would sit down with the people who need riversedge Nov 2015 #9

some time ago when kynect was enacted drray23 Nov 2015 #11

I saw that also. jwirr Nov 2015 #13

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