Right wingers the world over have a habit of voting against their own interests. I'm as flummoxed as anyone as to why. I can only assume they have bought the untrammeled capitalism argument, hook, line and sinker--even the ones with no money to speak of. They seem to have been indoctrinated to the hogwash that if they toe the conservative line and create a capitalist world (or country, at least) that they'll be wealthy one day soon, despite reams of evidence to the contrary.
I think the term for those types is: minions. ;-)
Take care,
Derek