I don't think being rich has anything to do with being Republican. There is of course your average greedy person, who would sell their soul for a dollar. They see the GOP as being more in tune with their aspirations, which is usually trying to fuck the other guy before he fucks you ( Republicans like that). What most don't seem to understand is that usually they are the fucked ones, screwed by their Republican employers and politicians. I think it mostly has to do with ignorance, or just plain stupidity, and that the majority think that being a Republican is being a "True American", and being a Democrat is the same as being a Communist. Also, If you examine the levels of education in Red states, you will find a shit load of GED's and highest grade level attained being the 8th. I vote stupid, like really fucking stupid for the majority of Republicans, and the rest just being cocksuckers.