I don't think there is much evidence of this across the board. I wish there was. I truly wish we would start doing this.
If this idea were true Republican leadership in the majority of states would be dropping like flies every single election, CryptKeeper Mitch McConnell wouldn't have been in the senate for 1000 years(and he's still there!!!) betraying conservatives and Lindsey Graham would be announcing he isn't seeking another term along with his fellow retiring senator John Cornyn. Most local races where this does happen are exceptions to the rule and nothing more.
The truth is (and I hate it) most Republican voters practice the soft bigotry of low expectations and will vote for any republican, any time, no matter how liberal the republican candidate is because "any republican is better than any Democrat". And this has been true for the entirety of my adult life. The only time in my living memory where a high profile race happened where GOP voters announced they would not vote(and carried through) was when republican voters refused to vote for Mitt Romney. And guess what? All of those voters who would have been Romney voters but refused had to go into hiding! It was controversial! It was not celebrated. If what you say is true, the GOP voters who sat at home instead of voting for Romney would've been celebrated.
The most liberal republicans are like cockroaches, you can't get rid of them. Out of 50 senators we have like 3 conservatives and out of 220 congressmen we have like 25 conservatives. Do you disagree with any of this evidence?
I don’t think there is much evidence of this across the board. I wish there was. I truly wish we would start doing this.
Then you’ll wake up in a Democrat-Run Police State. That’s just the way it is. It’s a case of “Name Your Poison”.