American Republican chaingang

Looking at the election results at the cnn website (http://us.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/) the map is rapidly turning red from Bush's winning states. While the northern eastcoast and westcoast are mostly blue where Kerry leads, the deep heart of the U.S. votes republican.
They voted for the same people that dismantled the social system,
In the end they are prepared to plunge the whole world into war, as long as it's profitable to them.
The neo-cons in Washington don't care about ordinary people, they don't care for the environment, they don't care about the rest of the world, to them the future is something like a horror movie full of war and poverty and death. They have done nothing but make the rich richer, boosted the arms industry (of which they are among the main beneficiaries), convince everyone outside the country that the US is a greedy monstruous and evil empire.

How is it possible that the ordinary American identifies himself with republican values?

Another observation: more men voted Bush than women. Not suprising since, everybody knows, women are smarter. Also, women have lost their sons and husbands and brothers in Iraq. They tend to have a social conscience and think about the future.