How We Vote, and Why

This, of course, is a reference to those who vote against their own interests because they’re too stupid to understand what those interests are, and which candidate will best serve them.

Yet voting against one’s own interests is not necessarily a bad thing.  Those of us who don’t have kids in public school constantly vote for bond measures that are aimed at smaller classroom sizes, better equipment, broadening the curricula, etc., at the expense of our property tax bills.  Most of us will be gone from this planet long before any of these investments has any effect on the world, but we know that it’s the right thing to do.