This was more a vote against Obambi than a vote for Hitlery.
One thing he might do to shore this up would be to put Jim Webb on his ticket. He was a highly decorated Viet Nam Marine veteran. Personally, I think the only reason he switched over from Republican to Democrat was that he was recruited to run against Allen. He’s a little nutty, but he’s basically conservative. Interestingly enough, he wrote a book about the people of Appalchia called Born Fighting (The history of the Scotts Irish in America). It’s a great read. Especially the part about the Romans building Hadrian’s Wall because they got sick and tired of fighting the lowland Scotts.