“Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.” PoliticalBeliefEconomicProduceExpectationsSelfishRationalVotersSevereBiased Author:Bryan Caplan
“People in the political world have every incentive to say things that lead voters away from a clear economic understanding of issues. What has happened more and more is that organized groups have more and more reasons to say things that don't make any economic sense.” PeopleWorldReasonPoliticalUnderstandingIssuesClearHappenedGroupsEconomicOrganizedVotersIncentives Author:Thomas Sowell
“Everybody complains about pork, but members of Congress keep spending because voters do not throw them out of office for doing so. The rotten system in Congress will change only when the American people change their beliefs about the proper role of government in our society. Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and prosperity simply by creating new federal programs. We must reject unlimited government and reassert the constitutional rule of law if we hope to halt the spending orgy.” PeopleIfsBelieveProblemGovernmentLawBeliefSocialRolesEconomicMembersOfficeCreatingProgramCongressProsperitySolveSpendingComplainingCuresOur SocietyRejectsVotersUnlimitedRottenRule Of LawHaltLimited GovernmentPorkEconomic ProblemsRole Of Government Author:Ron Paul
“Usually based on an economic agenda, white working-class voters don't buy into this whole biology-chemistry-abortion-gender agenda as much as they want more take-home pay. They want affordability.” WantWholeHomeWhitePayClassEconomicGenderAbortionAgendasBiologyVotersChemistryWorking ClassAffordability Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.” IfsWantNeedsPresidentCommunitySimplePartyBehindsGroupsEconomicWorstSeriousPoliticianRepublicanActivityCrisisDemocraticBillionsErasPostsNeighborhoodUrgesVotersMinimumRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyStimulusHeadlinesPartisansGopPalsEconomic CrisisAcornsRegistrationCommunity OrganizingVoter Registration Author:Mark Steyn
“Anybody who imagines that an election can be won under these circumstances by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is ... to put it mildly ... severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues. We conservatives are sending a powerful, inadvertent message with this negative campaign against Barack Obama's associations and former associations: that we lack a positive agenda of our own and that we don't care about the economic issues that are worrying American voters.” CarePowerfulWorryIssuesImagineEconomicCircumstancesMessagesNegativeImportanceElectionDon't CareCampaignsFormerBarackAgendasVotersAssociationImagine ThatBangingEconomic IssuesAmerican VotersPocketbooksJeremiahEstimating Author:David Frum