I'm a right wing pothead. I know lots of people like myself.

I don't think your thought process is wrong. I think your data set is too narrow and its causing you to come to that conclusion. The majority of users are from the realm of "I do what the tv tells me" and those people aren't left or right. We would have to boil down who exists outside of that group and why they think the way they do.

This is not a rant against you. I just wanted to comment on the subject you brought up.