They're not going to change regardless. And, I call it like it is. What do you call it when voters continue to do the same thing, yet expect a different result? Do you have a better word for it? If so, what is it?
Pragmatism.
That word doesn't explain the repetition over a long period of time.
Irrelevant, if the condition has persisted for that same time frame.
It certainly is relevant. It's relevant because voters continue to do the exact same thing, yet expect a different result. It's a pattern, a habit, a routine, and it's stupid to continue knowing the results.
Voters do not expect a different result.
They merely continue to attempt to limit the damage.
They are very practical about it and cognizant of what they're doing.
Pragmatic, indeed.
And, they remain pragmatic, so long as the condition persists - for decades, or generations.
Change the conditions, and the voters will respond in kind.
Open up the field, so that it is practical for more parties to participate and to win, and you'll see a far more intelligent pattern to their voting.
They're (we're) not stupid people - merely pragmatists, when viewed collectively, in this context.
And - as I said - you can '
call em at you see em' all you like - but you don't win friends and influence people by calling them '
stupid' to their faces.
Politics 101.
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Thus endeth the lesson."
Absorb it, and exploit that knowledge, or remain consigned to the fringes.