A standard trope in socialist circles is that the poor and downtrodden refuse to vote their economic interests. See, e.g., Thomas’s Frank’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. This theory is used to justify various anti-democratic schemes to “...
American politics is a duopoly; consequently, the Democratic Party’s imminent division and collapse will soon lead to the resurgence of an anti-Republican Party. The entire process, therefore, will only appear shocking and unpredictable; in fact, it’s inevitable.