Reply #78: The poor Bush voters likewise believes that they are voting to preserve [View All]

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something very important, like moral values, the family, etc. You might disagree with them, as I certainly do, but there is no denying that they are sincerely making a tradeoff between varying interests. Not all interests are economic, as you note yourself here.

And, of course, quite a few people believe that there's really no meaningful difference between the parties on economic matters. As they see it, both parties favor shipping their jobs away (see NAFTA/CAFTA), importing cheap labor, etc., so they might as well vote for the party that allegedly respects their "values."

In short, the whole voting-against-one's-interests issue is not as simple as it is usually assumed to be.