I actually knew a right leaning couple who voted for Obama because of the Palin pick. I was dumbfounded, because I knew they didn’t like Obama. We would discuss the election often, so, after the election, when they told me, I was really irked. But they just didn’t like Palin for some reason. Whether or not there were a significant number of voters who thought like them, I don’t know.
“But they just didn’t like Palin for some reason.”
75% chance that the reason is jealousy on the part of the wife. A lot of women don’t like women who are more beautiful and/or more successful than they are.