People hardly ever vote in favor of their own economic interests.

[Freeper]

eridani
 
People hardly ever vote in favor of their own economic interests.

Low income white people are like every one else. They vote for the kind of society that they want to live in--in this case one where non-whites know their place.

Lots of 1%-ers want to live in a more equal society, and lots of poor people would like to live in a society in which they get to be the ****ers, not the ****ees.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/11619-why-do-poor-white-voters-reject-the-democrats

First, it interprets interests too narrowly. As a well-paid journalist, I vote against my economic interests when I support parties that favour wealth redistribution. That's because my own economic interests are not the only things that interest me when I vote. I have a vision of a society that I'd like to live in that goes beyond my own bank account.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002732432

Hey asshat if anyone wants minorities to know their place it is you goons. Look at the way you treat black conservatives, they are not in their place so you bitch and moan constantly about it.

CTyankee
10. Poor whites seem also to want to feel superior to SOMEONE! I know Italian Americans whose

grandparents came over on the boat, yet they want to pull up the ladder for the "illegals." They rail against their religion when said religion comes out in favor of giving "illegals" rights, such as what happened with Catholic Churches here. Their need too feel better about their poor economic status by kicking someone further down on the rungs overrides their Church's teaching on this issue.

Their grandparents came through the front door, they didn't sneak in an open window. You fools really don't understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration.

panzerfaust
5. As a two-percenter I should vote for conservatives, but I do not.

Perhaps some people develop a sense of justice - and so become progressives - whilst others cannot see beyond narrow confines of race and religion and thus become the hate-filled, repressive, intolerant, xenophobic conservatives who are so much in evidence this century: Even if it means putting the boot on their own necks.

  They project what they feel on to us and they don't even realize it.

[JohnnyReb]

I don't vote what's in "MY" best interest but what's best for a free America and capitalism....which in the long run was and still is in my best interest.

All liberal, socialist, progressive, communist, democrats are like mosquitoes, they all suck a little blood from the host (U.S.A.) and some suck a lot of blood like the leeches they are.

[Ballygrl]

CTyankee
10. Poor whites seem also to want to feel superior to SOMEONE! I know Italian Americans whose

grandparents came over on the boat, yet they want to pull up the ladder for the "illegals."

The Eyetalians came over here legally.

[BlueStateSaint]

Yup, they did.  My grandmother's BC was in Italian, and she didn't even speak English until she was 16, and her parents came over quite some time before she was born (Staten Island residents, I think).  All of my ancestors came over legally--my maternal grandmother's family above; my maternal grandfather's family before the Revolution (and they fought on our side!): my paternal grandfather's family from Ireland in the 1870s, and my paternal grandmother's family from Russia in 1905--when Lenin was starting his shit the first tiime.

[miskie]

Yup, they did.  My grandmother's BC was in Italian, and she didn't even speak English until she was 16, and her parents came over quite some time before she was born (Staten Island residents, I think).  All of my ancestors came over legally--my maternal grandmother's family above; my maternal grandfather's family before the Revolution (and they fought on our side!): my paternal grandfather's family from Ireland in the 1870s, and my paternal grandmother's family from Russia in 1905--when Lenin was starting his shit the first tiime.

My grandparents on my mothers side legally emigrated from the Portuguese mainland, My father's side goes back to the colonial days, So I suppose a liberal would claim they were illegals on property that belonged to the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nauset tribes.

[USA4ME]

Look primitives, people are voting their wallets just like they always have.  That you believe Dems offer the most "wallet incentive" to the poor and middle class doesn't make it so.  You're not intelligent enough to make those types of determinations, nor will you ever be.

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[WinOne4TheGipper]

I see that pantyhose wants to pretend that liberalism is so tolerant.  This, after Marco Rubio gets called a coconut, Condi Rice is called an Oreo, Clarence Thomas an Uncle Tom, Michelle Malkin is called a banana and Twinkie (when she's not being criticized for **gasp** taking her married name), and Sarah Palin is called a ****.  You do have to laugh, though, since they're aware of their racism so much that they jumped at the opportunity to hide it by voting for the first black guy to come along (never mind that he clearly was not qualified).

[Kyle Ricky]

I vote morally, and since most liberals have no morals, I will not be supporting them.

[obumazombie]

Capitalism has lifted more boats higher than any other economic system. Why wouldn't someone vote that as in their own best economic interests ?

[GOBUCKS]

The confusion lies in the definition of "own economic interest".

To a Republican it means prosperity, business growth, and a long-term expansion of the private sector economy.

To a democrat it means getting free stuff from the government.

[Doubleplusungood]

The confusion lies in the definition of "own economic interest".

To a Republican it means prosperity, business growth, and a long-term expansion of the private sector economy.

To a democrat it means getting free stuff from the government.

I don't think its even the free stuff anymore. I think they just want to screw things up for other people as much as possible. I think they are compelled to do this deep down inside. They must **** things up for everyone else. Its in their nature.