What makes a person vote Republican?

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Poll question: What makes a person vote Republican?

Reading the latest posts from Wisconsin makes me wonder - what is it that attracts people to vote Republican? The last 10 years have seen our economy imploded and Republicans in Congress are doubling down on the same failed idea that taxcuts creates jobs. There's a clear history that shows the Reagan tax cuts and bigger Bush taxcuts grew the deficit and had no impact on job creation. As conservatives, do they really think having republicans use government to intrude on our personal lives is a conservative value? Do they not see who's pulling the strings on the Republican Party today? Do they think a unilateral takedown of the middle-class won't impact their living standards?

Given everything that went down in Wisconsin these past couple of months and the current controversy on the miraculously found 7000 ballots notwithstanding....what motivated 1/2 of Wisconsin voters to pull the lever for Prossner?

Seems to me, the bottom 98% have a vested interest in voting for people who will fight for their economic interests. Yet almost 50% appear to be willing to support an agenda that will assuredly make us all worse off. What's it going to take for the bottom 98% to find common ground on the important things that should unite us, instead of the diversions that divide us? We better figure this out quickly, because we are running out of time.

Personally, I think #1 is the big driver in people voting Republican. I really think it has less to do with any philosophical/policy issue than a certain smug satisfaction that they get by voting against those 'know it all' Democrats. Their team is the Republicans and they will never, ever root for their hated rival, the Democrats. It's Us against Them and it matters not a whit if my team cheats or robs me blind - they're my team and I'll go to my grave voting and cheering my team on to victory.