[wyowolf]

my point is, Trump didnt crash Hitlarys blue wall by getting people to vote against Hitlary... they voted FOR TRump, something they never would have done for Romney or Mclame... I pulled the lever for Mclame and Romney... but i WANTED to for Trump... that was the difference in a lot of other people i suspect.

[ek_hornbeck]

Voting against someone can be as strong a motive as voting for somebody. I think that nearly any Republican candidate, with the possible exception of Jeb Bush, would have beaten Hillary in 2016. She was not a well-liked candidate even among Democrats. Many of the Bernie Sanders supporters felt that the DNC rigged the game against them in the primaries (which is true), and her shrill, scolding demeanor couldn't possibly have appealed to anyone apart from fellow aging feminist shrews.

However, you may have a point in Jones' case. While conservatives don't like Jones, I doubt they have the same dislike for him as they did for Hillary, so there's less of a motive to go out and vote against him.