Grumble,

There is something to what you say. My mother in law (God rest her soul) was a true, dyed in the wool, Blue Collar Democrat, who lived her life in a working class environment. From an early age, she was taught the right way to vote, and did so each election – with only one exception. In 1968, unhappy with Hubert Humphrey’s overly liberal tendencies, she voted for his opponent. Suitably chastised by subsequent events, she never again strayed from the fold. True story!

The reason I tell the story above, is that the only qualification I would suggest would be to change “polarized” to “uncritical”. Many regular voters here in the States don’t leave their comfort zone. Not so much, I believe, because they are particularly passionate about their party’s policies (polarized), but rather because it is easier to vote the same (uncritical) way again than it is to evaluate the differences between the usual two choices.

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Eudaimonia