I didn't hand out any ones, either (I don't use the rating system,) but as to the political question...
Well, for starters, it might be intended as obvious farce, but the problem with this stuff is that you can't plausibly satirize it; the episodes of this that I read, before leaving off, were really basically indistinguishable from what a lot of angry college students on the Internet actually think all Republicans are like. So it's really not that far-fetched to think that someone might be taking it seriously.
Add to that the fact that, even if in jest, it's perpetuating a really very aggravating dichotomy (rabid moral policemen and avaricious warmongering plutocrats versus mealy-mouthed quasi-socialist bureacrats who never met a social deviancy they didn't like, and no, those are your only two options, because third-party candidates hardly ever even crack single digits in the polls) that's been running amok in real-world American politics for the last few decades and causing a lot of struggle and disillusionment with the entire process.
Farce or no, for a lot of people this subject just isn't funny, because it reminds them too strongly of something that's deeply frustrating about a really important issue for which there increasingly seem to be no good options for a lot of folks. Lots of people are just plain sick of it all. For me, that's why I've just been ignoring it - but I wouldn't be surprised if someone else feels more strongly.
