Why does the poor south vote conservative?
There is a question that has puzzled some sociologists for years: If America’s poverty is concentrated in the South, as data clearly show, why is it that those states are the most reliably Republican voters – essentially voting against the government assistance they would seem to need?
This week, there emerged a new and seemingly unrelated question, though similarly perplexing: Why has the mortality rate for middle age white Americans gone up dramatically since 1999 – even as it has gone down for other groups of Americans and whites in other countries?
The study released this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the surprising rise in middle-age, white mortality in America from 1999 to 2013 was driven by a rise in suicide, drug abuse, and alcoholism. The trends were strongest among those with the least education and in the predominantly red South and West, with the authors suggesting a vicious cycle of physical pain and addiction to painkillers, compounded by fiscal uncertainty.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americas-red-state-crisis-231355002.html
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Because Jesus
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Jesus cooked meth for the poor
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There is a question that has puzzled some sociologists for years: If America’s poverty is concentrated in the South, as data clearly show, why is it that those states are the most reliably Republican voters – essentially voting against the government assistance they would seem to need?
So government assistance is the way to not be poor. I think we found the answer to your question. They may be dumb but they are clearly smarter than you
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It's almost as if maybe some people have principles....ya know, like hey, maybe it's wrong to force people to pay into something for my benefit. And then it's almost as if people are prioritizing their principles over getting "free" stuff when they vote.
Sociologists aren't puzzled. They're pissed that democracy isn't working the way they want it too. Be dependent, dammit! -
Famous Quote from Benjamin Franklin
"When the people find they can vote themselves money,
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Principles. El oh el. They take handouts just like other poor people. But they think it's ok because they deserve it. They're hypocrites.Fenderbender123 said:It's almost as if maybe some people have principles....ya know, like hey, maybe it's wrong to force people to pay into something for my benefit. And then it's almost as if people are prioritizing their principles over getting "free" stuff when they vote.
Sociologists aren't puzzled. They're pissed that democracy isn't working the way they want it too. Be dependent, dammit! -
Well I'm not denying that many of them are hypocrites. Many of them do take handouts. But they still preach the principle.allpurpleallgold said:
Principles. El oh el. They take handouts just like other poor people. But they think it's ok because they deserve it. They're hypocrites.Fenderbender123 said:It's almost as if maybe some people have principles....ya know, like hey, maybe it's wrong to force people to pay into something for my benefit. And then it's almost as if people are prioritizing their principles over getting "free" stuff when they vote.
Sociologists aren't puzzled. They're pissed that democracy isn't working the way they want it too. Be dependent, dammit! -
...as opposed to those liberal, urban, welfare havens in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore.....You know, those Northern cities where 20% of the entire population of the US live. No poverty/crime there, just good old fashioned American values and clean living.
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Everybody does it.HuskyInAZ said:...as opposed to those liberal, urban, welfare havens in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore.....You know, those Northern cities where 20% of the entire population of the US live. No poverty/crime there, just good old fashioned American values and clean living.
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I tell people not to beat their wives. I beat my wife. Applaud me for preaching the principle.Fenderbender123 said:
Well I'm not denying that many of them are hypocrites. Many of them do take handouts. But they still preach the principle.allpurpleallgold said:
Principles. El oh el. They take handouts just like other poor people. But they think it's ok because they deserve it. They're hypocrites.Fenderbender123 said:It's almost as if maybe some people have principles....ya know, like hey, maybe it's wrong to force people to pay into something for my benefit. And then it's almost as if people are prioritizing their principles over getting "free" stuff when they vote.
Sociologists aren't puzzled. They're pissed that democracy isn't working the way they want it too. Be dependent, dammit!
