Why do voters vote against their interests?

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 9:15 AM EST (BBC News)

An article about the political science.

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A crime by the highway: Poisoning trees to make billboards easier to see
Thu Apr 26, 2012
- Not to mention the "Missing Child" billboards that could be obstructed by those trees.
A crime by the highway: Poisoning trees to make billboards easier to see
Thu Apr 26, 2012
- They are mostly made of metal. Good luck with that.
A crime by the highway: Poisoning trees to make billboards easier to see
Thu Apr 26, 2012
- Lamar owns those too. They are called interstate logos. The article is slanted - Lamar does more for wetland conservation through donation than anything they allegedly have done to increase the view of billboards. They have saved THOUSANDS of trees and animals.
George Zimmerman: Prelude to the shooting of Trayvon Martin
Wed Apr 25, 2012
- ...and the horse you rode in on. You left out the part where TM bashed his head into the concrete repeatedly prior to being shot. Of course, we shouldn't let reality get in the way of your witch hunt.
Congressman says 80 fellow lawmakers are communists
Wed Apr 11, 2012
- EEngineer
FBI questions people in Trayvon Martin case, begins 'parallel investigation'
Mon Apr 2, 2012
- Scottrocks Wow. Hate Jews much? Wait...you stated you did (basically) and then had the audacity to call others 'racist'. Handle With care - A Jew
FBI questions people in Trayvon Martin case, begins 'parallel investigation'
Mon Apr 2, 2012
- Lipgloss vs Lipstick "Racist right wingers..." Hmmm...seems the Democratic Party has always been the party of the KKK and the 'right wingers' were the abolitionist Republicans. Of course, don't let a little history get in the way of your bigotry. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
FBI questions people in Trayvon Martin case, begins 'parallel investigation'
Mon Apr 2, 2012
- softdude: He didn't reference color. The dispatcher ASKED him the color of the person. Following someone is not picking a fight either. No one knows what happened, but judging by the laceration to the back of his head, I am guessing he was at the worst end of a beat down by a 6 foot 1 teenager.
Senate defeats limit on birth control coverage
Thu Mar 1, 2012
- You do realize that no one is forcing you to work for that sort of employer? If they tell you that you won't have medical coverage, you can choose not to work there.
Afghans fatally shoot 2 US troops at joint base
Thu Mar 1, 2012
- Why don't we just apologize some more?

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A crime by the highway: Poisoning trees to make billboards easier to see
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Congressman says 80 fellow lawmakers are communists
Updated 3:31 p.m. - Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-FL) claimed at a town hall meeting that about 80 members of Congress are communists, a remark which has drawn quick fire from opponents. "I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democratic party that are members of the comm …
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FBI questions people in Trayvon Martin case, begins 'parallel investigation'
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Senate defeats limit on birth control coverage
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Afghans fatally shoot 2 US troops at joint base
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two American soldiers were killed Thursday in a shooting by an Afghan soldier and a literacy teacher at a joint base in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in a series of deaths as anti-Americanism rises following the burning of Qurans by U.S.
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Comments & Feedback

Derek,

FYI, the deficit when GW left office was $1.2 trillion, compared to a $200 billion dollar surplus when he took office, brought about by the financial institution failure under his management leadership. It is the same go forward deficit we now have. You need to get your numbers correct before shooting off your mouth. By the way the national debit was $3 trillion when your party took office in 2001 and was over $8 trillion when you left in 2008. Stock market during the same period was flat. So much for our retirement funds under the financially astute Repubs. Compare that to Bill Clinton where we had a nearly 300 percent increase in the stock market and no deficits.
— Mike-532182