> Seems like the problem is the voters then.

Yes. That means that your claim

> it's because the government (and by extension, the people it represents) want to incentivize that particular activity

particularly the

> (and by extension, the people it represents)

is false.

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> Per your earlier statement, that is not what most voters want. They want their team to win.

False. The vast majority of people want their team to win.

Simultaneously, most people want abortion to be legal.

These statements are both true. The logical fallacy is here is an inability to recognize that it's and, not or.