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If people voted with their feet, how do you explain Bush and Trump ?

• AstralStorm 10y ago
  You cannot vote with your feet if you cannot leave, and leaving takes both money and will.
• RestlessMind 10y ago
  Maybe because nearly 50% of voting population actually preferred Bush/Trump over the alternative? Especially when federal government has vastly increased its power (defense, education, environment, taxes, social policies) and when president has the rare power of nominating supreme court justices who can then stay forever deciding crucial matters (corporations, abortion, gay marriages, affirmative action...). In such cases, its better to vote for a bad candidate on "my side" rather than a better candidate from "other side". In fewer words - hyper-polarization. Once you win republican or democratic primary, you are guaranteed to win 45% of the vote.