I see it working here all the time. Of course there are some bone heads who won't change their mind to save their life.
Not sure what you mean by ilk herd.
Very precisely, it is the California Ilk Herd. Those faux-conservatives who would rather vote for a demoncrap than any republican.
When you call people who don't agree with you 'bone heads', you don't exactly endure them to you. This is one of the ilk herd's tactics.