I can’t help but wonder what incentive non-wealthy Americans have to vote Republican–ever? Even when it is clear that Republican politicians are causing them direct harm, they defend their vote. Conservative rightwing voters seem so cynical and skeptical of government in general, it’s just weird to me that they make a rather large exception for the relative handful of government employees that are actually out to get them. Republicans have actually gone on the record as saying their health care goal is kicking sick people off of their own private health insurance plans–plans these same sick people pay premiums, deductibles, co-pays, and taxes for just like everyone else. The GOP record of memory is one of disenfranchisement, austerity measures, tax cuts for the uber wealthy at the expense of the middle class, sexism, bigotry, and double standards. Why knowingly vote for that?
Or maybe that wasn’t entirely the case last November. HRC did win the popular vote by a couple million. And this, from Good Morning America: “A 104-page report from a special American Association for Public Opinion
Research panel charged with evaluating political polling after the 2016 presidential election found that national polls
were ‘generally correct’ but state-level polling in Rust Belt states
crucial to Trump’s victory ‘showed some large, problematic errors’ and ‘failed to adequately measure support for Trump.'”
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