We know why racists, homophobes, Islamophobes and misogynists
(Charles Adler’s “knuckle draggers”) voted for the UCP, they picked up
the dog whistles and jumped on board, what we can’t understand is why
our family and friends voted for a party that espoused policies which
made the knuckle draggers feel at home.

The answer lies in Winston Churchill’s pithy exchange with Lady Astor:

”Would you sleep with me for a million pounds?” Churchill asks.
“A million pounds?” says Lady Astor. “I’d have to think about it first but, in all likelihood, yes.”
“How about for a six-pence?”
“Why I never!” Lady Astor huffs. “What do you take me for?”
“That, my dear,” says Churchill, “has been established. We are just negotiating price.”

The UCP bought our friends and families’ votes for a price.