From what I understand a large portion of people would be happy to sign off on that domain name, another large portion wouldn't, and a final large portion would not fall into either camp. Of course the reasons for each are diverse, contradictory, and surprising.
You're assuming these specific people were representative of the nation as a whole.
If people wished to be represented, they would have voted.
The GSA[0] actually administers .gov domains, and I can only assume that with all of Obama's modernizing of Government that they've started to like him a little bit.