The Slice: Right turns all started by landlords

I‘ve figured out why there are so many conservatives around here.

For decades, the cost of houses in this area was relatively low. So lots of people, Air Force retirees and others, wound up buying rental property.

And the experience of being landlords turned countless moderates and independents into raging right-wingers.

Of course, other factors might have helped shape their attitudes about welfare, the death penalty, et cetera. But I’m guessing that being landlords cinched it.

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