Yeah, and when the country is pretty much split 50/50 the parties can't afford to lose SOME of their base because they feel that the party has let them down.
And in case you're trying to make this personal, I am fortunate enough to live in an area where I could vote straight GOP. The republicans in Georgia actually govern as conservatives so it makes it easy to conservatives to vote for them. That is why the Georgia GOP is having a historic night while the national GOP is having a terrible one.
Well, you're gonna see what lockstep voting can do.
Enjoy it all.
And don't bother coming around bitching about how horrible the Democrats are.