I think most people, in both the 40% and the 60%, avoid involving themselves in or thinking about politics as much as possible. They are conflict avoidant. They

I think most people, in both the 40% and the 60%, avoid involving themselves in or thinking about politics as much as possible. They are conflict avoidant. They just want to get along and their approach to unpleasant truths is to think about something else. They vote as they do not out of any conviction but to avoid conflict with their less conflict-avoidant neighbors and relations. In this world it helps to be not only opinionated but violent and maybe a little unhinged. The more enthusiastic you are about conflict and the more damaging you are to others in conflict the more the conflict-avoidant majority around you will side with you to protect themselves. In other words, this is a world that favors bullies.