I know a lady, who is an otherwise nice person, who is for the Dims. From what little I have heard her speak, her support is based completely on emotion.
I once overheard an old fart in a restaurant telling his dining companion that the GOP was the party of homosexuality.
A lady I know voted for Bubba and Howlgore solely on the basis that she thought they were "cute."
There are some hardcore socialists and America-haters among the constituency, but there are also union goons, "daddy-and-momma-were-dims," morons, and people who just cannot look at life realistically in the Dim party. And, I have run into my fair share of them who are obsessed with making more and more money. They are stingy tightwads who are generally unpleasant people.
I don't disagree with you: Dims, by and large, do suck.