Hard to vote against Santa Claus

Why did Barack Obama win? The answer is fairly simple: It is hard to vote against Santa Claus. Both political parties steal lots of stuff through taxation and regulation and then use that stuff to bribe voters to vote for their candidates. Democrats are just willing to steal more stuff to give away than the Republicans. That is why Alexander Tytler said over 200 years ago that Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.