>I'd imagine a large amount of conservative voters, alarmed by social progress would have voted him out of spite. Most conservatives are driven almost entirely

>I'd imagine a large amount of conservative voters, alarmed by social progress would have voted him out of spite. Most conservatives are driven almost entirely by spite: http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/29/17971903-to-fight-climate-change-dont-mention-it-study-suggests?lite http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/29/17971903-to-figh... >When the more expensive CFLs were sold without environmental messaging — but touted the fact that CFLs last 9,000 hours longer than the less expensive incandescent bulbs and reduce energy costs by 75 percent — more conservatives bought them. >The ideological divide was strongest when energy efficiency was tied to the environmental message of reducing carbon emissions. See also: the entire concept of "rolling coal" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal).