> It is similar I think to the situation in the US where poor people will sometimes vote against their financial interests to support an identity. I would like

> It is similar I think to the situation in the US where poor people will sometimes vote against their financial interests to support an identity. I would like you to pause there for a moment and suspend what you already know to be true and factual. Just consider that this analysis does not explain the popularity of Republicans among the rural poor, but it does allow Democrats to explain this inconvenient fact away. The sad reality is that neither party actually cares for the poor and working class, but at least the Republicans are honest about it. The rural poor generally know this, and this is why Clinton lost. They did not feel her to be an honest person.