DBA
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You are telling me, you live in a right wing enclave. If you surround yourself with nothing but right wing it is unlikely you have a normal outlook, just as if a liberal surrounded themselves with nothing but liberal, their viewpoint would be likewise skewed. Hard to see the normal world living in a tunnel. It pretty much makes you subject to tunnel vision, no matter your profession or education level.
By the way, you should not be seeking committed Democrats from "the other side of the tracks". If you are committed to an ideology, you won't find normal people there, possible only others as unthinking, accepting of memes from their side, and unwilling to look at reality in total, but living in their own tunnel. You are aware, both side market and try to influence for their side, right? Most of the normal people don't get published and are quite often boringly normal.
Yes, I do live in an area where most successful people are Republican as are most others. Those that live in major urban, highly populated areas are surrounded by Democrats. Those who are the least successful to "group think" are those in less populated areas. The more populated an area, the more susceptible to this phenomenon. Those in more rural areas must form opinions on their own. These areas are typically red. In short, those living in the tunnel in which you speak are typically Democrats.