This argument would make sense if people voted according to their interests, but they don't. For example, San Francisco renters overwhelmingly vote against the

This argument would make sense if people voted according to their interests, but they don't. For example, San Francisco renters overwhelmingly vote against the development of new housing that would help with housing costs. Black voters overwhelmingly supported Bill Clinton for president, and he signed the 1994 crime bill into law which was the worse thing to happen to black Americans since slavery, decimating black communities and ruining lives. There's countless other examples as well.