> What conclusion am I supposed to draw from this? That they care much, much more about their own financial and economic conditions than pretty much any other

> What conclusion am I supposed to draw from this? That they care much, much more about their own financial and economic conditions than pretty much any other issues? That's not a slam on them; you would too if you were living paycheck-to-paycheck. Bill Clinton understood this ("It's the economy, stupid.") but the current crop of Democratic presidential candidates somehow do not, which is why they stand a depressingly good chance of failing to win the next presidency.