Disagree. Delaware went for Reagan in 84 with around 60%.
Those are moderates voting for a Conservative.
All those moderates means that the bases are really small.
29 - for the Republican
21 - for the Democrat
47 - up for grabs.
1984? Lets see. Algore was a pro-life conservative Dim. So was Clinton. Mondale was more moderate than Obummer and he couldn’t win anything. That was 26 years ago. One of my cars is a 1984 Olds Custom Cruiser. I take it to collector car shows now and it has an historic plate. That is nothing to point to.
Lets look since ‘92. Every Pres. election went to the Rat. Locally Bill Roth was the last Repub for Senate and he was liberal and he won for name recognition mostly since the late ‘60’s. Carper beat him and he was a Lib. Castle was an official RINO. There has never been a solid right winger running or winning since COD.