So why do poor people vote republican?

They often vote democrat because Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton tell them they need the hand-outs that democrats will provide. It's the way they keep many black Americans poor while masquerading as a crusaders for black Americans.

I think it's in black American's interests to work hard and better themselves. I do not think it's in their best interests to get government handouts and be given jobs based on affirmative action quotas. When people say Republicans are voting against black interests they are often referring to welfare programs. I refuse to say that extra welfare checks are in the best interests of people because it makes them dependent on a broken system. Republicans are also against affirmative action and hate crime legislation which many consider black interests. The reason being, republicans think people should be treated equally. Hiring someone based on their race and preventing others from getting jobs because they are not that race is strictly against the constitution.

Because regardless of what Lincoln did long long ago, the current republicans consistently vote against black interests. plain and simple

so do you think that wedge issues such as immigration, abortion or gay rights might be the cause there?

No, the Republicans are for ALL Americans. I have a sister in the tax bracket that Obama wants to unfairly tax. Why should she be taxed higher than I am? Or than you are? Just because she has been successful? I think not.

hmmm, sounds like you are advocating for a flat tax! wouldn't that be the day!!

really? and you work part time at the local 7-11 or piggly wiggly right? and you have no idea how you're going to make rent this month right? I doubt that, anyway, does it upset you that there are tax breaks for corporations to ship our jobs to india and mexico? or that our senators have better health care coverage than we do? i don't believe in getting a free ride and i love the fact that you can make things happen in the USA that you can't anywhere else, but i really don't like being cheated. TAX MONEY IS OUR MONEY. We'd be a whole lot more 'self sufficient' if we could keep more of it at home! How about some tax breaks for starting a business at home, for keeping jobs at home? is it whining to ask that they not give tax breaks for shipping our jobs overseas? no, you are wrong. See friend where we differ is that repubs are for big business, not the little guy or the poor guy, or the middle class guy who's about to lose his home.

You guys can't be serious. It's been 4 years now since you've made these posts, taxes are at the lowest they've been since the 1950's. Explain to me again, why big corporations take jobs overseas and to Mexico. Do you think it might have something to do with cheap labor? Duh....what kind of incomes do you genious's have? How about taking a big cut in pay so we can compete with 3rd world wages instead of putting tariffs on imports? I don't know about you guys, but I would like to be able to afford the mortgage payment on my home. I'm guessing you also believe in the "right to work", the meaning of which is the "right to work" for less than minimum wage. Let's see what your standard of living is like on 5 bucks an hour. By the way, in case you have looked at a newspaper yet this year or last, corporations are posting record profits, but what about all that hiring, that according to your theories, they are supposed to be doing? Answer: they are hiring in China.

I'm not talking as a bloc. If the poor voted as such there would be NO republican party. I'm talking about my working class and poor neighbors who are die hard republican. You know the ones that didn't get any of the 'trickle'. 2. you know the rich business owners have gotten a free ride the past eight years and I see very few of them creating jobs for lower income people here....but i see a lot of them creating jobs for people in India and Mexico. Why is that? Is there something wrong with your theory? I mean taxes have been low for corporations for about 8 years now, and they are laying people off every day, job cuts are real, I think even you probably know of a couple of people who have been down-sized.