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Originally Posted by baddog
People vote for what effects them. If you are worse off today than you were 8 years ago, then you might want Obama.
It would be a winning ticket if Biden was pres and Obama was veep, but I doubt Biden would have picked him.
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I don't think they do. I think people vote for who they feel they connect with, who they'd want to get a beer with. Take the Hillary supporters who were so bitter and refuse to vote for Obama. Obama and Hillary's plans aren't too far apart, yet to these people it was more important to vote for the person instead of what they represent.
Fact is that anyone making under $50,000 a year should vote Democrat. It's in their best interest. They'd get more government help, higher wages, and free health care. They also wouldn't pay in much, if anything at all. While that may be horrible for the country, it would be the smartest thing they could do for their own self interest.
But these people don't. They vote on issues like gay marriage, flag burning, prayer in school and abortion. Things that have zero impact on their well being.
Both parties have to get people to vote against their best interest to win, but Republicans do it much better. They are much better politicians and run much better campaigns. They learned a long time ago that the average American doesn't vote based on their own self interest, and that they could get votes by appealing to a few fringe issues that don't effect anyone at all.