We see how loyalty is rewarded in the end game though. People might think they're being smart while being duped into wishful thinking. Just for someone else to get into the next leveraged position to sink everyone around them, in order to "win".
A political platform would be able to reason and explain projects using facts and figures.
They are voting against their own economic interests, but clearly there are other non-economic interests that are more important to them in play here.