Are you talking the GOP voters or the elected officials. I see know evidence that a majority of GOP elected officials support smaller government. With a GOP majority congress and GOP president, by how much did the federal budget shrink? With a GOP majority House of Representatives, what have they failed to fund in the bloated federal government?
The GOP voters may want smaller government, but putting the GOP in office has done nothing to advance that goal. Nothing.
I’m talking about rank and file GOP not all elected officials by any means. The problem is the further up the ladder a politician climbs the more he depends on big money donors and those guys expect rewards for their $ and they don’t see limited government as a priority. Every poll of rank and file GOP is clear that more than 70% believe the Government is too big and too intrusive. A clear majority of independents and regular citizens believe this too. Only a minority believe government isn’t big enough.