Will Duquette at View from the Foothills suggests an experiment:

I invite you to try a thought experiment. Assume I disagree with you on who should be the next president of the United States. And assume that I’m an intelligent, reasonable guy (which I am). Ask yourself what possible reasons I could have for disagreeing with you. You’re not allowed to decide that I’m crazy, evil, misled, misinformed, morally bankrupt, greedy, or just plain stupid. It’ll be good for you. Good luck.

OK I’ve actually been trying to figure this one out because I have a friend who’s a yellow dog Democrat as well as family members, close family members, who generally vote Democrat. The only thing I can figure out is that they still believe that Democrats stand for the common man–in spite of Kerry’s East coast liberal superior attitude. I also believe that the Democrats I know who are also professing evangelical Christians are in denial about abortion and are hoping the homosexual marriage issue will just go away. Mr. Duquette was right; it was good for me. I still don’t really understand, though.