Why do working class vote for Torries?

By stereotype I should be a labour voter. Former young single parent, working class. Annual income just under 25k a year. Work in social/public sector. I've used tax credits and housing benefit.

But, I have worked very hard and now have a secure, stable job with plenty of opportunities and am totally self sufficient. I want my taxes to provide opportunities for people like my self. I want my child to grow up knowing that you only get what you work for, and to then work for it.

I don't want my taxes to play any part in encouraging an entitled, reliant on benefits generation.

The pot only runs so deep, and I'd rather backing and support be given to make forward movement and self development, not stagnant living generation after generation.

When you have a political system where neither party is for the working classes then they'll vote for the best fit they can find. So those with more right wing opinions vote for the Tory's and those with more left wing opinions vote for Labour, but another substantial group do not bother vote knowing that neither party represents their interests. It is not the people who do vote that really decide the out come, it is those that abstain. If either party managed to get those that abstain to vote for them, they would win, because more people abstain in general than vote for one particular party.

Lots of "working class" actually have high aspirations and want to better themselves - they want a society where they are supported to get promotions, start a business, get better qualifications, etc. Your typical self employed tradesmen, i.e. gas fitter, joiner, etc will be a Tory voter despite being working class.

What many don't want is a life on hand-outs and/or state dependency which seems to be the typical Labour supporter on the dole, disabled or working in the public sector.

Labour's policy of punishing the rich through tax rises is the opposite of nurturing aspiration.