Just to clarify ... I didn’t mean within the base, but within their respective states.
People in SC may not like a lot of what Graham does or doesn’t do. But they tend to see him, on a personal level of not a “nice enough” guy then certainly something of a dork who just doesn’t agree with them on a lot.
People in KY really seem to hate McConnell. Think he’s a complete a**hole, and past the point of being seen as “their a**hole”. Probably because, unlike Graham, he isn’t coy or subtle about throwing his political weight around within his state’s GOP apparatus.
But the base is who will vote in an off year primary, almost totally.