I think that many Democrats really do have concern for less fortunate people, but think some government program is the way to "help" them. And it is the "feelings over thought" that I think is the reason so many people, particularly women, didn't vote for Trump. I'm sure there are a lot of people who just don't want to help anyone because they think "they deserve it", or "they should be able to get out of their own problem without the government being involved", or other such things, and of course, don't want their money to be used for it. The problem with the government being involved is that too many people involved with the government entities generally don't care, and the overall inefficiency of the entities fritters away the money. It really seems to just be a way to buy votes when it comes to government "care" entities.