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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote]This is a great question and has perplexed me forever. Why would anyone who is middle class or poor and in danger of losing a job or health care vote for the Trump. A rich guy who has gotten there on the backs of these very people, who will never think about them and only themselves. It is like they believe if they just get a guy in office that looks like them they will be just fine. Someone explain how people consistently vote against their own pay checks and families. Is it fear? Is it hatred? Who does this?[/quote]

I don't think its fear or hatred. 
 You ask me its denial. 
 Some people just don't want to wake the *bleep* up and accept the fact that they're not part of the privileged upper-class and just refuse to believe that financially they're in the same boat as non-whites and illegal immigrants - cause you know they're the only people who are supposed to be poor in this country lol. 
 Anyway, as opposed to identifying with and aligning themselves to policies and politicians that actually have their best interests in mind these stubborn folks are deadset on distancing themselves from those people as in the underclass and instead they throw their support toward the policies and politicians that they WANT to identify with as in white privileged rich people. [/quote]

1+, unfortunately.  Happiness, political or otherwise, does not necessarily come from a rising tide lifting all boats.  Many would prefer a smaller lift to just their boat, or I'd argue, even just the perception of this. Two quotes:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."  LBJ.

"Richer [higher income] people tend to be happier. Experiments suggest, however, that [u]what matters most is not income per se but income relative to the income of one's peers[/u]. Americans compare themselves to other Americans the same age, resulting in a hedonic treadmill because incomes in the United States rise over most of the adult lifespan. Rather than promoting overall happiness, continued income growth in rich countries could promote an ongoing consumption race where individuals consume more and more just to maintain a constant level of happiness."  Professor Glenn Firebaugh [/quote]

This quote from LBJ is dead on

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