I actually believe they did.
In the last couple months I've seen individuals that have claimed long term connections to the GOP say things like...
"All that social crap referred to as party platform, is garbage."
"I don't know one candidate that runs on that platform especially at the Presidential level. It was an appeasement to special interest groups so they could go away happy and then gets put back in a drawer for four more years."
If nothing else, all this has been enlightening.
Good point.