McCain, Collins, Murkowski, Graham, Ryan have faced conservative opposition and keep winning. Brat was an exception, not the rule.
Al Gore in 2000, and Hillary in 2016, won the popular vote. Bush and Trump won the Electoral College, not the approval of the American people.
“Brat was an exception, not the rule.”
ONLY because he did not follow the politician template and used the populist model.
Never heard of that before, now did ya? /s