Re: The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier
I never liked that book because it smacked of whiny defeatist liberalism. Sorta like "we have better ideas if people in Kansas would just open their eyes". Look, candidates matter. That's why Sen Roberts is fighting for his political life right now. Its why we have Dem Senators in ND and MT, and Goopers in ME and IL.
The whole premise of people voting against their self interest IMHO has its beginnings in Reagan's appeal to working class people in the early 80's. However, while he may have been working against their self interest financially (depending on your opinion) these same voters could have felt he was working on their behalf in foreign policy.
So yes, some people stupidly voted for Romney thinking that tax cuts for himself, Sheldon Alderson and Paris Hilton was going to stimulate the economy because they didn't consider these people would just park that money overseas. However people repeatedly voting against their self interest is IMHO a much more minor occurance nowadays. In fact, this is essentually what saved Obama's butt in the 2012 elections. Very little of Romney's platform appealed to the majority of people. In fact his only rational for his candidacy was if you had a deep dislike of Obama. As he found out the hard way, not enough people did. Obama's policy stances aligning with the majority of people's preferences caused them to overlook near 8% unemployment and an at the time slow recovery, which would normally be fatal against a generic well funded opponent like Mittens.
I never liked that book because it smacked of whiny defeatist liberalism. Sorta like "we have better ideas if people in Kansas would just open their eyes". Look, candidates matter. That's why Sen Roberts is fighting for his political life right now. Its why we have Dem Senators in ND and MT, and Goopers in ME and IL.
The whole premise of people voting against their self interest IMHO has its beginnings in Reagan's appeal to working class people in the early 80's. However, while he may have been working against their self interest financially (depending on your opinion) these same voters could have felt he was working on their behalf in foreign policy.
So yes, some people stupidly voted for Romney thinking that tax cuts for himself, Sheldon Alderson and Paris Hilton was going to stimulate the economy because they didn't consider these people would just park that money overseas. However people repeatedly voting against their self interest is IMHO a much more minor occurance nowadays. In fact, this is essentually what saved Obama's butt in the 2012 elections. Very little of Romney's platform appealed to the majority of people. In fact his only rational for his candidacy was if you had a deep dislike of Obama. As he found out the hard way, not enough people did. Obama's policy stances aligning with the majority of people's preferences caused them to overlook near 8% unemployment and an at the time slow recovery, which would normally be fatal against a generic well funded opponent like Mittens.
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