[chimeracoder]

> Why is the Jones Act popular with democrats?

The Jones Act creates artificial scarcity in the shipping industry, boosting the demand for jobs in ships that are unionized by Democratic-supporting groups: namely the AFL-CIO.

The AFL-CIO has lobbied heavily not just against repealing it entirely, but even against temporarily waiving it for relief in Puerto Rico, the way it has been temporarily waived for relief in basically every recent natural disaster (including in Houston after Harvey).