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[ironphoenix]

This graph says it all, really.¹ Republicans are for the rich. It's that simple.

Why do so many poor and middle-class people vote for them?

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1: Well, not really. It doesn't show the cuts to social programs that the Republican tax plan necessarily implies because of the reduction in net tax revenues, which generally hit low-income folks harder.

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[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

Because they don't think it is the government's responsibility to take care of them. They believe in personal responsibility, voluntary charity to help those who need it and as little government interference as possible.

[bushidoka.livejournal.com]

because so many of them have been brainwashed to believe in 'the american way'

It's that simple