tsarcasm:

i don’t understand how anyone who isn’t a rich white male could be a republican because those are the only people republicans actually care about

Poor people don’t ever want to acknowledge that they are poor. They see themselves as people who will one day be as successful as a rich white person. They see their every day life as working toward the ultimate goal, which is not having to work and they only acknowledge that the success they dream of will never come after they get fucked out of a retirement and have to work until they die.