If he was human I'd agree with you, too, but I have family in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley so am pretty familiar with the communities there.  The city of Palm Springs is pretty liberal but I know plenty of right-of-center & old school conservatives that are outspoken about it but aren't hounded like crazy by "dem lib'rools" & quite happy there.  And if they were being bugged to the point of having to move, there's plenty of conservative cities to pick from close by:  Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells (if they're filthy rich), Cathedral City & parts of Indio for the blue-collar ones, etc.  I think these particular ones, besides being adipose & esthetically challenged, are deep-end crazy or have other reasons for moving/ are sour-grapes failures.