Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2020
A common adage in politics is that “elections have consequences.” It’s a catchy aphorism, but it masks the relationship between a voter’s candidate choices and the personal fallout for that voter. What if you could rail against “big government” and still feed at its trough? What if you could complain about the federal debt and then drive it up with gigantic tax cuts? What if you could be a single-issue voter on guns or abortion, but then, when the economy sours under the party you supported, you still reap the benefits of the social safety net that the party opposes?
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.