Fair enough. There is some peer pressure in politics and voting and some use it to foster a feeling of belonging. I would argue this is particularly so in smaller towns. Demagogues are very good at playing to emotions even if what they say may be untrue or irrelevant; they know how to push the right buttons.
There is no particular reason a Conservative could not, say, personally feel that nature conservation is important. The unfortunate American trend to accept a slate of views on various issues and judge politicians by their fealty to dogma does affect things. Fortunately this trend is currently much less prevalent in Canada.
It leads to more extreme candidates with views further outside how many voters actually feel, which might be masked by the bubble and feedback from the core constituency. Trump will win over his base but alienate many independent voters and his party’s views on abortion may prove unpopular in some places and with some voters. He has been helped in the short-term by pursuit of a legal case which seems (to me) thin gruel, although I am inexpert and there seems more substance to other accusations. My point is that feeling one way about economic troubles might lead you down the road of social insecurity since one accepts or rejects a slate of opinions, as do one’s peers.