You would have to be out of your mind to consider that 30+% of the population would vote against somebody that acknowledge that they were a victim and therefore should be taken care of by the State. Trials lead to panic and the fear of loss of benefits.
Call it a Civil War or a revolt from the Producers against the Masses. Just as Ayn Rand wrote with Atlas Shrugged. Even though the logical truth is with the producers, those "on the dole" will never admit that they could be productive in some other venue.
Cities against Country… Who needs who more?
You get the idea, use Game Theory and all of the events make total Sense.
It is All or Nothing right now.