Demand. Americans who consume the most gas/drive the most miles, tend to vote Republican.

Driving their pickup trucks, SUVs, and HumVees, ... they live as far away from urban areas (i.e., people who aren't white) as possible, and drive miles and miles from their unfurnished poorly built tacky McMansions to pick up beer, ammo and pre-processed fat food at their local Walmart.

Lose weight, move to the city, and seek to treat other human beings with love, dignity, and civility.