I would not assume that what people tell pollsters is the same as the way they will vote. "Work" and "money" are hard problems. Any meaningful solution is goin

I would not assume that what people tell pollsters is the same as the way they will vote. "Work" and "money" are hard problems. Any meaningful solution is going to be difficult to understand, and I think people know it. The economy fluctuates regardless of who is in office, making past experiences murky. A politician is going to have a hard time convincing them that any of their policies will actually work. It's easier to find a politician who agrees with you on the culture wars, and then assume that their economic policies will also work. So I take it with a grain of salt when they say that they're picking based on a sound consideration of a politician's economic policy. They can say it, and maybe even believe it, but I bet you'll find that the correlation to culture is even more predictive of their vote.