Yes, agreed.  I do think economists put too little stock into ideas like sanctity and repugnance.  I mean, the utility function is implicitly a consequentialist approach to ethics.  What if people care as much about process as outcomes?  

SimpleStacker

I've noticed that any rational discussion of voting triggers a pretty quick emotional reaction from normal people.

I think Jonathan Haidt would link it to a sense of Sanctity.

Undisciplined

econ

The Pleb Economist #2: Politics is Provably Hard

I'm pretty selective on who I share my "econ" thoughts with.  If they seem pretty open minded and enjoy thinking of unorthodox ideas, then I like talking about it.  But otherwise, yeah, most people don't seem to have the patience for it.