Crtc. Informed Comment - Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Re. WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt. What makes people vote Republican?
Why in particular do working class and rural Americans usually vote for pro-business Republicans when their economic interests would seem better served by Democratic policies? We psychologists have been examining the origins of ideology ever since Hitler sent us Germany's best psychologists, and we long ago reported that strict parenting and a variety of personal insecurities work together to turn people against liberalism, diversity, and progress.