-The disenfranchised (bottom quintile in income) vote at 20% lower rates in the US compared to more wealthy people so increasing disenfranchisement is not necessarily as strong a path to get more votes as other tactics would be, such as making it easier to vote through mail-in voting and automatic voter registration or making election day a national holiday
-People do learn from past policy mistakes and do vote in the future based off of those, so policies that lead to negative outcomes do make it less likely to elect those politicians in the future
-Those with college degrees vote left at very high rates so promoting education which is a good is more likely to promote future leftist voters than more disenfranchisement. The past disenfranchised who are know better off I would think are more likely to vote left as they understand what it takes for improvement and how easily people can slide back to disenfranchisement with worse govt policies.
-Rent control is basically all in NY/NJ/CA which are very blue and I haven’t seen research showing that it leads to disenfranchisement
-In a utopia where all possible progress was achieved then yes a “conservative” approach where things shouldn’t be changed makes sense, though the current right-wing politics in the US is more about helping elites and lower taxes (while relying on Christian Evangelical voting base) than it is not having anything change.
-Also progressives are often wealthier liberals while poorer liberals tend to have more moderate views though they do still vote overwhelmingly Democrat
I disagree, but I think your view is more supported by others than mine. I think experts learn, but very few voters do.
I think this is also perverse and causal. Universities have very one-sided incentives with regard to who it makes sense for them to support politically.
Rent control prevents the market from working and building more stock, which harms everyone else.
I agree. Our right wing politics is mostly a grift.
Agree. Incentives are very different for rich and poor, and poor might be motivated by dependency whereas rich are not.
A few comments:
-The disenfranchised (bottom quintile in income) vote at 20% lower rates in the US compared to more wealthy people so increasing disenfranchisement is not necessarily as strong a path to get more votes as other tactics would be, such as making it easier to vote through mail-in voting and automatic voter registration or making election day a national holiday
-People do learn from past policy mistakes and do vote in the future based off of those, so policies that lead to negative outcomes do make it less likely to elect those politicians in the future
-Those with college degrees vote left at very high rates so promoting education which is a good is more likely to promote future leftist voters than more disenfranchisement. The past disenfranchised who are know better off I would think are more likely to vote left as they understand what it takes for improvement and how easily people can slide back to disenfranchisement with worse govt policies.
-Rent control is basically all in NY/NJ/CA which are very blue and I haven’t seen research showing that it leads to disenfranchisement
-In a utopia where all possible progress was achieved then yes a “conservative” approach where things shouldn’t be changed makes sense, though the current right-wing politics in the US is more about helping elites and lower taxes (while relying on Christian Evangelical voting base) than it is not having anything change.
-Also progressives are often wealthier liberals while poorer liberals tend to have more moderate views though they do still vote overwhelmingly Democrat
Thanks for your comments.
Good points.
I disagree, but I think your view is more supported by others than mine. I think experts learn, but very few voters do.
I think this is also perverse and causal. Universities have very one-sided incentives with regard to who it makes sense for them to support politically.
Rent control prevents the market from working and building more stock, which harms everyone else.
I agree. Our right wing politics is mostly a grift.
Agree. Incentives are very different for rich and poor, and poor might be motivated by dependency whereas rich are not.