LOL. You are imagining things Ed about defensiveness about Freemasonry. I just know that Masons do not collect stats on how Masons vote so anything you say about how we vote would only be the Masons you know personally, that is a pretty small sampling, unless you've become quite involved in the fraternity yourself and haven't told me.
Masons don't talk about either politics or personal religion in the context of the lodge. So, most of the time, I have no idea how fellow Masons vote. There are exceptions. Senator Charles Grassley is a member of the same Scottish Rite Valley where I have my membership in Des Moines. I can look up how he votes.
As an aside, Baptists who are Masons at times need to be a bit on the defense for their own well being, particularly clergy who are Masons. United Methodists clergy don't. We haven't gone through the anti-masonic issues that the SBC had a number of years ago. The officers Masonic lodge in Sioux City around the corner from my church where majority members of my congregation. The year I was Master, all but two of the officers attended my congregation.