Hmm. Sobering article, and things do look bleak, but the author is making a few assumptive mistakes that work in the favor of his thesis.
First, it is wrong to assume that EVERY govt worker is going to vote liberal Democrats all the time. They don’t. The majority does, but to assume 100% skews his figures greatly.
Second, it is wrong to assume that EVERY means tested recipient will vote liberal also. Many of those are on SS and they are conservative. Again, by assuming 100-0% instead of maybe 70-30% his total skew is huge.
Third, it ignores the fact that the way the geography is laid out, conservatives are in a great position to continue to win House seat majorities because the libs are cloistered in inner cities.
And fourth, if he were correct, the margins in 2008 and 2012 would have been MUCH larger and 2010 would not have happened, not to mention all the good elections in 2009 and 2011 in odd run-offs, etc.
Overall, I think his premise is correct, just not nearly as correct as he says, because he is cooking his own books.
As a former government employee of 25+ years who happens to be a libertarian—there are a number of us in government ‘service’—I can’t ever recall ANYONE who ever willingly voted for a pay/benefit reduction. ALL of our jobs were ‘essential’. I don’t know many ‘conservatives’ who are for a reduction in SS. In other words neither party is facing the real exponential math outcome....and the math doesn’t give a damn which political philosophy you adhere to.
He also ignores spouses and adult children of conservative working voters.
And I agree with your conclusion on Government workers. I worked for local governments in a Union job for 24 years and never once voted for a Democrat at any level. Unions and the Democrat party are a criminal enterprise.
OK; I'm talking about the blue state of Maryland here; but I've posted about this before -- acquaintances of mine work for the county board of elections distributing absentee ballots to senior citizen homes and helping the old people cast their votes if they cannot see to write. The votes are overwhelmingly Democrat, and seniors never meet a spending bill they don't approve of, if only to be "nice" and envision those schools, roads, and parklands the bills are ostensibly for -- when in reality, large portions of the billions they approve will line the pockets of politicians and unionists.
Last year, the seniors even voted FOR gay marriage, believing the political agenda to be that gays want to be married, when in reality the Marxist/Alinsky agenda is what the gay lobby wants -- to destroy the understanding of sexual morality and the protection of children in a traditional JudeoChristian society.