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[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 10:54 AM 11/7/00 -0500, Doug opined:
>It's hard to believe, though, that people with below-median incomes 
>would vote like those with above-median incomes if their interests 
>were seriously addressed by plausible candidates.

Not necessarily, if you ditch the rat choice / utility maximization model
of voting behavior in favor of an institutional one: people vote for the
same reason they go to church on a sunday, not because they expect to gain
any utlity from so doing, but because it is the socially "right" thing to
do.  Ditto which church or political party they prefer.

wojtek