re: #195 Targetpractice

What it also shows is that, contrary to the fantasies of the Bros, we cannot win back the South by appealing to the “economic anxiety” of Southern whites. Because they don’t see “economic anxiety” in terms of $15/hr minimum wages or “free” health care, they see it as “those ni-CLANGs get a seat at the same table and I don’t like that!”

I’m sure I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. When many of us look at rural GOP voters and ask why they are voting against their own interests, we’re using a very narrow definition of self interest.
Maybe they won’t get a good job or make more money, but they will get the psychological rewards of being more privileged than some other group. They won’t ever be rich, no matter who is president, so that doesn’t figure into the equation.