Actually I don’t think that people do vote in their perceived best interests at all.
My parents are elderly conservative voters. I honestly believe that if you had an earnest conversation with them about their voting habits they would ultimately concede that the left is more likely to provide better health care or better pensions for them, but God wants them to vote conservative because the left eats babies or something.
I think most people would tell you that they vote for the party or leader that has the best chance at creating what they believe to be a utopia.
Exactly, I very much meant perception and their own.
Not weather it’s founded in outcomes or not.
I think outcomes argue better that any reasoning about perception.
Actually I don’t think that people do vote in their perceived best interests at all.
My parents are elderly conservative voters. I honestly believe that if you had an earnest conversation with them about their voting habits they would ultimately concede that the left is more likely to provide better health care or better pensions for them, but God wants them to vote conservative because the left eats babies or something.
I think most people would tell you that they vote for the party or leader that has the best chance at creating what they believe to be a utopia.
Exactly, I very much meant perception and their own. Not weather it’s founded in outcomes or not. I think outcomes argue better that any reasoning about perception.