Why Bartels is Right

I feel that Bartels is right when it comes to his argument about why people vote the way they do. I think he makes some excellent points when talking about how a person votes, and how he proves Frank wrong. This is an important issue in politics, figuring out why people vote the way they do, as well as if these people are truly voting in their best interest. 

As far as I am concerned I feel that a main point made my Bartels that makes him right is that he declares that it is not the poor people voting on morals but the educated and wealthy. I feel as if this is very true, especially looking at the last few elections. I feel as if most people chose who they are voting for based upon their moral values, even those poor southerners, who vote Republican more often than Democrat. It could be said though that Democrats could help these people more than Republican economic policy, but these people still vote Republican more than Democrat based upon social issues. Bartels is right because he seems to feel that more people are voting based on their feelings on social issues, rather than economic policy as Frank feels. It was evident in this last election that regardless of money, even in an election where economics played such a large role, more people came out and voiced their opinion because of how they felt about social issues. Take a look at all the stars in Hollywood, and affluent people in the world, they never campaigned on the side of President Obama because of his economic policy, but campaigned for him based on issues such as global warming, abortion, and the Iraq War. On the other side nobody voting for the republicans because of their economic policy, but voted for them based on their morals, such as their pro-life stance. People connect to politics through their norms and values, not through bloated economic policy.