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It's simple really. People don't exclusively vote their economic interest. For example, Mississippi has the strongest correlation between income and voting an
by fnazeeri 18y ago
It's simple really. People don't exclusively vote their economic interest. For example, Mississippi has the strongest correlation between income and voting and yet 30% of its voters in the poorest income level voted Republican (i.e. against their economic interest). Further, the richest states (CT, MA, CA, etc.) trend Democratic. Here's a good academic study on the topic in case you're interested... www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/rb_qjps.pdf
- uuilly 18y agoI'm not sure it's a forgone conclusion that poor people voting for non-democrats is a vote against their economic interests. Legions of economists would disagree with you on that. To be sure, legions more would agree, but you can hardly take it as a given.
- AndyKelley 18y agoOkay, but that doesn't answer my question. Why does it seem like most hackers have an Obama sticker on their site?