Why Educated Women Vote Against Other Women
There is a psychological reason for that.
And you are definitely not going to like the answer.
The Study
Researcher Scott Huettel at Duke University studied why people vote against their own interests and published his findings in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
What he found was this: people do not vote to protect their interests. They vote to express who they are.
He called it expressive voting.
When identity and policy compete, identity wins. Every single time. The ballot is not a policy instrument. It is a declaration of belonging.
The Number That Should Bother You
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The skinny
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