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I don't know about anyone else, but I don't actually expect everyone to agree on political issues. There are a lot of gray areas at the edges of moral issues as well. It might piss me off that someone disagrees with me, but I can enjoy a good argument, and I generally get over it quickly if it bothers me at all.
What I don't understand, and I find terribly depressing, is the utter nut-baggery that this election has highlighted. Obama is going to change the flag? Somehow make us all muslim? Is actually pushing socialism? How can you even open a dialogue when someone is clinging to something that is just factually wrong? The claims are outrageous, but when you point out the facts and try to insert some rationality in the conversation, they either refuse to listen, refuse to believe anything that doesn't reinforce their view, or claim that they have a "feeling" or they "just know".
