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My experience has more been along the lines of. 5 people are voting:
1 votes to make things better
2 don't vote
2 vote to make things worse even for themselves
I tried watching some right wing stuff and some interviews with right wing voters to see if there was a perspective I'm missing but often it was literally 'I know there's no evidence for this but I believe it anyway'.
From my understanding, they would love those helpful things, but as soon as they hear the person they dislike might be helped or benefit it makes their blood boil because they hate that guy. I believe this is the crux of some of the issues.
This is what makes even the first part of this post happen where liberals try to negotiate, they offer a “okay what about if the person works 40 hours” and the answer they get back is still a “NO”.
I do think it’s possible to convince these people, but you really have to sell it as “there is the billionaires and then the rest of us who are hard working people”. Senator Bernie Sanders has had success in West Virginia doing this, so maybe if we can get some progressive campaigns going to these small towns, listening to the concerns of the locals, and uniting these people under this common concern it can help build some bridges.