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If you can’t understand why poor rural voters like republicans, it’s because you’re missing information, not them. It’s perfectly comprehensible if your understanding of politics goes beyond what you can get from talk show hosts.

Have you asked yourself why rich people pretty reliably vote Democrat if, according to your model, it’s going to disadvantage them?

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> Have you asked yourself why rich people pretty reliably vote Democrat if, according to your model, it’s going to disadvantage them?

Personally, to give others access to education, parental leave, sick leave, vacation, healthcare, access to broadband internet, ranked choice voting, personal freedoms, public transportation, etc.

Obviously Dems are nowhere near perfect, but they at least tick some boxes. But the point is I do not mind voting for someone even if it causes me a loss, as long as I think it helps others.

>>Personally, to give others access to education, parental leave, sick leave, vacation, healthcare, access to broadband internet, ranked choice voting, personal freedoms, public transportation, etc

and to most republicans and libertarians believe none of those things are a proper role for government nor should be provided by the government

> and to most republicans and libertarians believe none of those things are a proper role for government nor should be provided by the government

So then they are wrong.

It's an opinion, it isn't right or wrong

Or you know they believe the constitution actually means something, and no where in Article 2 Section 8 does the enumerated powers of the US Federal Government say the government is authorized to provide (or even regulate) "education, parental leave, sick leave, vacation, healthcare, access to broadband internet, ranked choice voting, personal freedoms, public transportation,"

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