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GGG · 09-23-2021, 01:06 PM

So with all the elections and some comments in the tax the rich thread I started thinking about the underlying philosophy of why people vote for who they do rather than who people vote for.

I broke down into two generalized groups of people

- Do you vote in direct self interest? Vote for more taxation and services if you pay below median. Vote for daycare because you have kids, vote for low taxes because you have money? Vote against daycare because your kids are in schools

Or

- Do you vote for a set of outcomes that you believe will be best for the country / Province / city

And if you vote based on the first do you believe it facilities the second and if you vote for the second are you actually still voting in self interest because creating the best country will create opportunity for you and a better place to live which is ultimately self serving.

For me I vote based on the second routinely voting against my pocket book for abstract outcomes but I still view this to be a vote in self interest as my vote is to build the society I want to live in as opposed to ensuring I maximize my share of whatever society is producing.

I suppose there is a third category as well that very few would likely admit to being in and that’s I vote for my team. It also might be that we all just vote for our team and then rationalize from there.

09-23-2021, 01:06 PM	#1
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	How do you decide who you vote for? So with all the elections and some comments in the tax the rich thread I started thinking about the underlying philosophy of why people vote for who they do rather than who people vote for. I broke down into two generalized groups of people - Do you vote in direct self interest? Vote for more taxation and services if you pay below median. Vote for daycare because you have kids, vote for low taxes because you have money? Vote against daycare because your kids are in schools Or - Do you vote for a set of outcomes that you believe will be best for the country / Province / city And if you vote based on the first do you believe it facilities the second and if you vote for the second are you actually still voting in self interest because creating the best country will create opportunity for you and a better place to live which is ultimately self serving. For me I vote based on the second routinely voting against my pocket book for abstract outcomes but I still view this to be a vote in self interest as my vote is to build the society I want to live in as opposed to ensuring I maximize my share of whatever society is producing. I suppose there is a third category as well that very few would likely admit to being in and that’s I vote for my team. It also might be that we all just vote for our team and then rationalize from there.