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My guess is that if you're on hacker news that there's a good chance you are making significantly above the median income. There is an implicit "poor" in the OP

My guess is that if you're on hacker news that there's a good chance you are making significantly above the median income. There is an implicit "poor" in the OP's statement, so it should really read "poor rural voters". As to poor rural voters voting against their interest, Medicaid expansion is a good example--studies show that lack of healthcare access directly contributes to a higher death rate among poor white voters. And in my state it's estimated that the state will spend more money on hospital subsidies for the poor than they would have if they had accepted the deal for the Federal government to pay for 90% of the cost of Medicaid expansion.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
I'm not sure there was any implication of "poor" by the OP. It seems you added that to drum up validation for your following healthcare argument. Rural does not equal poor. Most people I know around here have healthcare through their employer and are against more government involvement. They just want to keep their current plan and doctor. I vote Republican because of economic and defense issues. I do lean more liberal when it comes to social issues. Libertarian if you have to put a label on it. Basically the government should just be for defense and limited regulation. States should handle the rest. Liberals always try to blanket the country in their policies. It's sad to see Californians flock to Texas to avoid the taxes they voted for. Republican policies may not help the poor, but Democrat policies create the poor.
- ncmncm 7y ago
  I see that you have forgotten on whose watch the Great Recession started, and on whose it ended. I see that you have forgotten who was responsible for the invasion of Iraq, which has now cost over 5 trillion dollars, and was justified with out-and-out fraud. So, on both economic and defense grounds, you vote against your own interest. Propaganda displaces truth.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

I'm not sure there was any implication of "poor" by the OP. It seems you added that to drum up validation for your following healthcare argument. Rural does not equal poor. Most people I know around here have healthcare through their employer and are against more government involvement. They just want to keep their current plan and doctor. I vote Republican because of economic and defense issues. I do lean more liberal when it comes to social issues. Libertarian if you have to put a label on it. Basically the government should just be for defense and limited regulation. States should handle the rest. Liberals always try to blanket the country in their policies. It's sad to see Californians flock to Texas to avoid the taxes they voted for. Republican policies may not help the poor, but Democrat policies create the poor.

ncmncm 7y ago
I see that you have forgotten on whose watch the Great Recession started, and on whose it ended. I see that you have forgotten who was responsible for the invasion of Iraq, which has now cost over 5 trillion dollars, and was justified with out-and-out fraud. So, on both economic and defense grounds, you vote against your own interest. Propaganda displaces truth.