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Stupid people vote against themselves over culture war issues that don’t affect them. They don’t think. They just get angry.
Common symptom of chronic lead poisoning. Remember the era the boomers lived in.
Not to take away from your entirely valid point, but most people don't know that most small airplanes still use leaded gasoline and that the EPA found that "Lead emissions from aircraft are an important and urgent public health issue."
The lead levels near general aviation airports are a big problem, and airport proximity tends to have a negative effect on property values, which combine to be an equity issue - children born into poorer households are more likely to live right near airports than those in wealthier households, and thus they're likely to have higher blood lead levels.
Worse still, while some of these aircraft are important (pilot training, connecting island communities where boats aren't feasible for large chunks of the year), many of these aircraft are primarily used for hobby flying, meaning that wealthy people who fly as a hobby are poisoning poorer communities with lead (often unknowingly, as they don't necessarily know that this is a problem).
The FAA approved an unleaded 100 octane avgas in 2022. Something most people reading this can do is find out who owns their local municipal airport and demand that they convert to only unleaded avgas.