Several reasons. Mainly that Methodists are more concerned with the spirit of the biblical lessons and hence more open and forgiving to non-believers. Baptists are more legalistic and precisely literal in their approach and hence more closed and judgmental.Because?
Politics is just religion.
If you could take politics out of government, we'd be set! If you could take religion out of understanding God, we'd be set. We're getting there in spite of them both.