Some are just confused and oblivious to their futures. Take a "close family member" telling me he voted for ∅bama, but really wanted the "other guy" to win.
I wrote about this on another thread. I overhead a conversation the weekend after the election in which the same basic sentiment was expressed. Man oh man. They've really screwed everyone over.
That close family member must be a real idiot! Of course I have one of my own, an IQ genius with a college degree whose lifetime accomplishments rival those of the average third grader of my generation. Naturally he watches MSNBC and thinks Obama is going to give him “universal healthcare”. I suspect he will be dead and buried before he ever realizes that he has spent his life refusing to deal with reality in any way.