The Schizophrenic voter, has usually been exhibited mostly by California Voters. California voters have classically voted FOR issues which appear to be conservative; but vote into office people who will NOT support the will of the popular issues voted for.
Example: I'm FOR the WOT; but I'm not a warmonger. Which of the candidates is mostly closely aligned with not being a "warmonger".
The schizophrenic voter has closely held beliefs but doesn't care to be aligned with, or slapped around and abused by the party which does the abusing -- Democrats.
The schizophrenic voters votes his private beliefs, but doesn't wish to be abused for having those "beliefs", ergo elects candidates who are PC. (As tho that will somehow exempt them from abuse by Democrats.)
And now the "pro-borders" folks, who used every selectively creative cite imaginable to call the President a "sell-out", are busy working on their next phase. They'll demand Pelosi et al, build their fence. And "Pelosi" will hear them. :)
Look, MA!? "No Hands!"
California voters are pro-death penalty, but consistently vote in leaders who will do all they can to be sure the DP is not carrried out.
California voters support definition of marriage, but consistently elect leaders who propose, pass and sign "gay union" bills, promulgate homosexual agenda policies and wink at violations such as Mayor Newsome's illegal authorization of homosexual marriages in SF.
California voters support non-preferential admission, hiring and promotion in public institutions, but consistently elect leaders who look the other way when tax-supported institutions like UCB continue to implement race- and gender-based preferential practices.
California voters couldn't wait to recall a governor who had driven the state into ruinous debt -- and then replace him (twice!) with a governor who does the exact same thing in the form of bonds that will impose so much hardship on the next generation that re-locating their business to another state will be a no-brainer.
The examples of this "schizophrenia" are too numerous to list in one sitting.
Good point. We need to figure out a way to get people to understand consistency and negate the schizophrenic phenomenon.