A classic anti-democratic and anti-socialist right wing argument is that people vote for the left because the left promises them government benefits.

Mitt Romney :

“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president [Obama] no matter what… who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it… My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”