That certain Americans have a surprising habit of voting against their interests probably won’t come as news. But as we near this all-important election, which feels like a referendum on who we are as an American populace, it bears repeating — and exploring. Why do working-class voters tend to tilt Republican, when, as far back as LBJ, Democrats have been the ones who have “supported labor unions, higher minimum wages, expanded unemployment insurance, Medicare and generous Social Security”?
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