Why are straight white men such a strongly Republican voter bloc?

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2. I think it relates somewhat to your other thread

Political platforms aside, at it's core, Conservatism means stasis, unchanging, solid values

Liberalism means examining options, being open to change, in fact encouraging it when it's the right thing to do.

When you look at party platforms, and sort out the verbiage, this is what you'll find. Straight white men have been in power in western nations for a long time, and before that colonialized a lot of the east.

So now change is happening at a rapid rate, and many men are unprepared to deal with it, so spout of 'family values' and the like-- not understanding that even the definition of family is changing.

Politics are fear driven, but much more on the conservative side, because people are constantly 'othered'-- blacks, women, Latinos, Gays, Etc. Once someone is 'Othered' they are not seen as fully human and are excluded from reasonable discussion--- the only wish is for control.