I used to call it "battered voter syndrome". It's creepy. The victims are proud of being chumped and abused. They see it as a form of realism and maturity. Most of them will sabotage anything outside the familiar pattern of abuse. To top it off, they see themselves as morally superior to vote boycotters and any others who see the electoral system as a dead end in most circumstances.
I used to call it "battered voter syndrome". It's creepy. The victims are proud of being chumped and abused. They see it as a form of realism and maturity. Most of them will sabotage anything outside the familiar pattern of abuse. To top it off, they see themselves as morally superior to vote boycotters and any others who see the electoral system as a dead end in most circumstances.