I just googled and found that there are roughly 3 million teachers in the U.S. With threads and attitudes like this one, they will probably never, ever vote for a conservative candidate.
I pretty much do and I know others that do (my main issue besides education is having a strong defense and fighting against terrorism). But yes, when you get accused of all sorts of things, with the disrespect shown, with the name-calling, the emphasis on the negetive, the rampant generalizations, it is indeed hard for some to do so. Yes, SOME teachers make it look bad for the rest of us (and not one more than me gets more ticked off) , but many of us are parents, grandparents, spouses, etc. just trying to do our best too and it gets a little hard when you're being undermined some of the time.