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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:38 PM Original message |
People who vote against their own self-interest |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Read Lakoff!! People don't vote their interests. They vote their values. And as we all know... |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well...sometimes it's "values" |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. These days, it's usually values. |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Sure seems so, but people vote their paycheck too. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. How often do you find a candidate who represents 100% of your own self-interest? I never have. n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. For the same reason that so many Democrats |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I predict this will turn Arizona into a blue state in the future. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Their own PERSONAL self-interest and their home group's (self-)interest - two different things. |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. You don't reckon that 16 hours a day of right wing talk radio indoctrination has any influence |
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