# An op-ed by Prof. Jonathan Haidt on why the US working class votes conservative

1 Faculty News June 5, 2012 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/05/why-working-class-people-vote-conservative?INTCMP=SRCH) -- "When working-class people vote conservative, as most do in the US, they are not voting against their self-interest; they are voting for their moral interest."

[Read more](http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/05/why-working-class-people-vote-conservative?INTCMP=SRCH)