Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics. Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age

The Republicans are obviously heavily supported by rich people. I'm defining rich as people who have no need for any public services (schools, healthcare, social security, police, etc) and are personally better off not having to support them and paying for their own private services.

That group is not large enough to turn election in the favor of Republicans so there is a pervasive myth among some poorer people that they will someday be rich if it weren't for the Democrats getting in the way with things like (business-killing) regulations to protect the environment (that they live in) and workers (themselves). In most of those cases they're merely fantasizing about becoming rich and will never be able to do so because they don't have the necessary support and connections to do so.

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