When every Senate Republican voted against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue package over the weekend, it revived a question that analysts have asked about the modern GOP for decades: Why do so many conservative Americans vote against their own economic interests?
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Opinion The GOP scam is getting worse — for Republican voters. A new study shows how.
By Greg Sargent
March 8, 2021 at 10:23 a.m. EST