I am saying conservative border bots stayed home because they were tired of RINOS dominating the Congress.
That is all it takes.
Is there any sort of polling to support this? The lack of polling doesn't make it wrong.. we all have our opinions on what drives portions of the electorate, etc. But, I have seen nothing to suggest that conservatives stayed home. I find it far more likely that moderates of both parties were annoyed by the GOP corruption.