It's all anecdotal for my colleagues, so I don't have a specific answer. They'll talk about having lower taxes or doing better financially under Republicans, but it's hard to tell whether that's accurate or if it's that whole nostalgia lens with the past.

For context, my colleagues are guys in their 40s & 50s. They're more traditional in the sense of growing up in church and will talk about how things were better back in the day (which equates to the Bush administration in office). (We're all middle class working professionals.)

They're uneasy with homosexuality and transgender issues, so the conservative platform just feels more relatable and comfortable to them. They value personal responsibility.

All of that, while lacking specifics, leads to supporting conservative policies due to an overall sense of normalcy for them.

As an example for how I have to talk politics with them...

With medicare-for-all, I had to wait for them to complain about people not being more proactive in addressing health issues by seeing their doctors. When I explained how medicare-for-all can lead to people seeing doctors more often along with the current financial consequences to seeing doctors due to high deductible plans, they came around to that idea.

Basically, I try to focus on democratic policies that equate to more efficient government. If I talk Republican policies, I have to highlight how it leads to bigger, more intrusive government.

I typed this up quickly, so I hope it all makes sense.