Pence is the Establishment. The Regan Democrats will smell a rat and stay home. They have been doing that for 20 years now.
People keep saying we need this pick to be a bridge to the establishment. The establishment Republicans in Congress are at most a couple hundred votes on election night. Don’t worry about them. Worry about the people who voted for you who are anti-establishment. This election was a referendum on the establishment. It was about tearing it down, not appeasing people who are led by lobbyists and special interests who want open borders and free trade.