Two main reasons
But if the RW is offense to the majority...
how is it that so few people vote? Silence is (at least) tacit acceptance.
I see two main reasons. The first is the belief that it won't make any difference. That the politicians will cave in to vocal special interests, be they left, right or corporate. This is somewhat true, but at the same time, the fewer that vote the easier it is for small special interest to manipulate the system.
The second is the mistaken belief that the RW posistions are normal, average or acceptable. The Right Wing has become very good at backing slogans and broad posistions without getting into the details of what they actually want to do.
This is why you get people voting for pro-life candidates even though they don't want to make all abortions illegal. The pro-life candidates talk about creating an environment of life, or being tolerant of religious beliefs. People don't understand that some pro-life candidates consider making all abortions illegal is just the first step in a program that intends to make divorce illegal, ban birth control, remove all sex education and so on.
Jay
