However, even I voted for McCain over Obama.
I know it's just one data point, but I think a lot of conservatives either held their noses and voted for McCain, or deluded themselves and cast a vote for Palin, as if she was the top of the ticket.
Romney's loss was Romney's fault. George Allen might have been president but for his single 'Macaca' gaff from which he could never recover. Perry had his problem remembering which three departments he would eliminate. It was a death blow. Romney had his 47% remark which was a self-inflicted fatal knife wound.
No amount of cajoling, hectoring, threatening, shaming, damning or bribing of true conservatives was going to get us to vote for that turd. And he still would have lost even if we had voted for him.
My feeling is that Trump will win ESPECIALLY if everyone votes for the person that they most want to see in the Whitehouse. Trump, like Reagan, speaks to constituencies that no other Republican can speak to. It will be OK for Trump if "true conservatives" vote for third parties or write in "Ronald Reagan" or choose not to vote.
Trump will more than make up for that loss with more Black, Latino, Progressive, etc. votes.
He will also be helped by Jill Stein and Gary the fake Libertarian's candidacies.
So stop worrying. Stop harassing the true believers. Let them vote their consciences and we'll all welcome Trump when he swears on the Bible in January.