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This article shows that districts that tend to vote democratic are more prosperous, and the gap is growing. However, people who are more prosperous* (income > $200k) tend to vote Republican over all. I can't explain that. If I were going to guess it would be because older people tend to have more wealth and income in America (in general) and older people sku more republican.

*https://brandongaille.com/24-interesting-republican-vs-democ...

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Why would that be hard to understand. It makes total sense.

People making >200k probably use almost no government resources, and are sick of getting taxed up the arse left and right at any opportunity.

I’d be happy to pay more tax if I had any faith the money would be used wisely, but I don’t. Hence, my goal when voting is tax minimization.

If people who are wealthier are older they are getting social security and Medicare. Everyone is getting roads to drive on, police, and other government services. They probably are still sending their kids to public schools and moved into the “good neighborhoods” to get into better schools.

I make more than that and I am not sick of being taxed.

Use almost no govt resources....this is the problem. They use a ton they just don't realize it. The FAA to keep the planes in the air, FDA to keep food and medicine safe, Law enforcement to keep the streets safe, Roads, etc and on and on.....

Americans are spoiled and don't realize how much the government does for them.

For a truly low govt society they can move to various third world countries.

It's mostly gaslighting. Democrats win voters making $50K or less, Republicans win voters making $50K or more. There are a couple of small-ish inversions where Democrats do well with people making $150K-$200K and Republicans do well with people making $35K-$45K, and that gets spun out into all sorts of things it's not.

Trump's economic sweet spot, for instance, was $75K. Not coincidentally, that is the median income for a two-earner family of two white high school graduates. But calling that "the working class" really misses the point.

I don't think anybody is gaslighting. This report is all about facts, and all I was trying to do was point out another fact. The point remains that republicans are really popular in the places where there is less opportunity.

Here is a point I will make that is political: The places that are run by very liberal local governments, such as California and New York have the majority of the growth. I always see these articles about how business and people are fleeing to low tax places. Except the growth continues to swamp that effect.

> republicans are really popular in the places where there is less opportunity

No, I'm saying that's not quite it. There is an income correlation among white voters: the poorer a white voter is, the less likely he was to vote for Trump. It's just a very shallow one with a couple of convex points at a couple of income levels.

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