Current Events > Why is it that low class people prefer to vote republican

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when democrats are trying to actively pursue programs to make their lives better

This is going to end well

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Education.

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Low class?

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Here, name times the government has been efficient with money over the last forever.

The people in need of the programs see how ineffective the programs are and favor a group that wants them to keep more of their money to help themselves

Why do you think young voters lean Democrat then become Republican later in life?

Good ideals with awful execution don't make you want to stand behind them.

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decades of xenophobic fear-mongering propaganda

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why is it that young broke people vote democrat and then get older and acquire wealth and then switch to voting republican>?

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The right has convinced them the reason for their suffering is immigrants and minorities so they vote for Republicans who promise to crack down on immigration and send out dog whistles because they cant openly come out against minorities.

Of course the reason for their suffering is the wealthy and corporations who own the Republican Party. You tell them that and its a conspiracy theory but those same people believe in Qanon.

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HellRatUFO posted...

This moronic post implies that the Democratic Party doesnt also have their share of wealthy billionaire corporate donors lol. For fucks sake, Michael Bloomberg is running for the partys nomination.

Classic whataboutism right here


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Because these people are uneducated and fall into Fox News for their 'Education'

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Being humble vs being envious.


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HellRatUFO posted...

This moronic post implies that the Democratic Party doesnt also have their share of wealthy billionaire corporate donors lol. For fucks sake, Michael Bloomberg is running for the partys nomination.

I don't think Bloomberg is a Democrat tbh. I'd imagine he switched up since no one was able to run against Trump as a Republican.

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DanHaren2019 posted...

when democrats are trying to actively pursue programs to make their lives better

People can disagree ideologically with programs that might benefit them. People might disagree on various methods.

It seems bad to only think of financial aspects of why someone would vote.

Now, I think people are bad at times at knowing what they want and do vote non ideologically and materially negative for themselves due to being confused.
But still.
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I suspect Bloomberg switched over because a majority of young people tend to be left-leaning, or view Democrats favorably, and so he's hoping that he'll win by currying enough favor with that crowd rather than the aging boomers.

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yawn
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Classic whataboutism right here

So you don't have an actual response.

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emblem boy posted...

People can disagree ideologically with programs that might benefit them. People might disagree on various methods.

the people who "disagree ideologically" with programs that are objectively beneficial to the majority of the population tend to disagree because of

averagejoel posted...

decades of xenophobic fear-mongering propaganda

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I would ask: which "low class people?" Because Democrats have consistently won among low-income voters in recent decades.
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BobanMarjanovic posted...

why is it that young broke people vote democrat and then get older and acquire wealth and then switch to voting republican>?

I Like Toast posted...

Why do you think young voters lean Democrat then become Republican later in life?

Well they do say that the brains are the first thing to go when you get older...

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

Well they do say that the brains are the first thing to go when you get older...

When? Who said that? I see people's physical bodies fail them long before their minds go.

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glitteringfairy posted...

When? Who said that? I see people's physical bodies fail them long before their minds go.

You've never heard the saying "the mind is the first thing to go?"

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

You've never heard the saying "the mind is the first thing to go?"

Yea I suppose. Just seems like bullshit. Most people's bodies are more likely to fail them before their minds slip into dementia at 70+ years old. A failing mind is definitely not the first symptom of getting older.

And also people don't switch sides when they become elderly. That happens decades before. I'd say anywhere from 30 and up. And a 40 something year old person's mind isn't gone at that age

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BobanMarjanovic posted...

why is it that young broke people vote democrat and then get older and acquire wealth and then switch to voting republican>?

It's what I did lol

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Skurvy_1 posted...

It's what I did lol

I forsee myself doing the same, and I'm gay, lol. But socially liberal as I may be, now that I'm a little older and actually know a bit about money Republicans are definitely smarter with it. It's unfortunate everybody is to one extreme or the other these days; I think both sides have some fair points that if combined could fix a lot of this country's problems. Shrug.

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PsychicHippo posted...

I forsee myself doing the same, and I'm gay, lol. But socially liberal as I may be, now that I'm a little older and actually know a bit about money Republicans are definitely smarter with it. It's unfortunate everybody is to one extreme or the other these days; I think both sides have some fair points that if combined could fix a lot of this country's problems. Shrug.

social issues are not separable from economic issues. queer people are disproportionately low income. you cannot support the queer community without supporting policy that is beneficial to poor people.

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Who's alt is TC

PsychicHippo posted...

and actually know a bit about money Republicans are definitely smarter with it

In theory, sure

In practice, lmfao

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Antifar posted...

I would ask: which "low class people?" Because Democrats have consistently won among low-income voters in recent decades.

Well trumps fanbase is pretty much mostly low class

Sayoria posted...

Because these people are uneducated and fall into Fox News for their 'Education'

Yep. They tek oor jerbs

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DanHaren2019 posted...

when democrats are trying to actively pursue programs to make their lives better

Fostering dependency to the state so that they'll continue to vote Democrat isn't exactly what I'd call "making lives better"
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DanHaren2019 posted...

Well trumps fanbase is pretty much mostly low class

trump supporters have a higher average income than the general population

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averagejoel posted...

trump supporters have a higher average income than the general population

That average is probably thrown off by all the billionaires he gave a tax cut to

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DanHaren2019 posted...

Well trumps fanbase is pretty much mostly low class

They aren't.
https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls

He did best among those making 50-100k a year, and worst among those making less than 50k
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Stupidity, I imagine.

Even here at the homeless shelter (in Oregon no less) there's devoted Trumpers who still think he'll "make America great again" any day now for them.
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Antifar posted...

They aren't.
https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls

He did best among those making 50-100k a year, and worst among those making less than 50k

The same exit polls predicted Hillary to win?

"low class" vote for both party though. I'm pretty sure Hillary won low income voters handily in 2016. According to exit polls data anyway.

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DanHaren2019 posted...

The same exit polls predicted Hillary to win?

Okay... then Obama won them by an even larger margin in 2012 and 2008. Kerry won them in 2004. Gore won them in 2000. etc etc

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