A more interesting question is. Why the poor vote for the 1%?
The answer is simple. They will vote for a moron if they wear the right colour rosette.
The choice was a very old man and someone who had no idea or grip on the world, even if she could see Russia from her bedroom window. And an intelligent man who was trying give them lower cost healthcare.
There's very few outside the US who are on low wages and living in poor social conditions, who will vote for the party that represents the people responsible for low wages and poor social conditions.
I understand those earning $80,000+ a year voting conservative. But those scraping by on less. No way. Even with the con that the Republicans give them the opportunity to improve. They shouldn't be able to win all of those States.