Question is, did these good Democrats go with them or not?
Some disagree with me on this point, but I believe this was the natural progression of who they always were and their core values. Even if the seed had not fully developed yet.
I always say, Nazis came from somewhere. Every one of them had a mom and dad.
There was an old David Horowitz quote:
“Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out”.
I know several Democratic Liberals that did not. Out of them, some did not vote for Kamala, but didn't go so far as to for Trump either. They are keeping their mouths shut, which their nature abhors, to keep from being canceled in their societies.
They, I imagine will be "mugged by reality" over time as I was.
I also know some inner city African Americans and Latino men who were pissed and did vote for Trump.