He argues that such rhetoric pushes middle-class white Americans to vote against their economic self-interest in order to punish "undeserving minorities" who, they believe, are receiving too much public assistance at their expense.
他认为，“狗哨政治”促使美国白人中产阶级投票反对他们自己的经济利益，以惩罚“不值得的少数群体”，他们认为这些“不值得的少数群体"以他们的利益为代价获得了过多的政府援助。