Are you using rationally motivated synonymously with economically motivated? There there's a lot more that motivates voters besides economics. My hypothesis i

Are you using rationally motivated synonymously with economically motivated? There there's a lot more that motivates voters besides economics. My hypothesis is that it is simply broad spectrum culture war. Mass communication and global human mobility have simply raised the stakes or control over social Commons. The same time due to related factors, there is low agreement on shared social rules, vales, and priorities. In the sense that good fences make good neighbors, there is no clear fence today. There is no trust in institutional norms to provide protection, so every battle for power seems existential. I find it hard to argue with this. Real politik and the rule of the jungle have always been in effect. It is just less dramatic when there is consensus on the rules and limitations.