The thing that should scare the crap out of them is the total number. They’ve never had more than 7,000 total votes before this year.
The other thing that should scare them is just how strong the support is for the Anti Establishment candidates.
Here is the problem too many “political strategists” have, they want to force every election season fit their preconceived doctrines. That would be a disastrous mistake for the GOP.
With 70-80% of the people totally fed up with the way the current political Establishment of both parties are running things, it would be suicidal to treat this election as business as normal.