He lives in a world where everyone agrees with him to his face. The Bubble World. It's a sad place. Where everyone votes the same in elections. Where everyone nods and smiles at him to humor him, and not offend. But it works for a simpleton like him. Those around him don't have the heart to tell him different. This is probably the only place where he gets a dose of reality. And he can't deal with it here, so how would it be for him in the real world? Quite harsh.
The "real world" you speak of (2012 electoral map by county):