Exactly - I spoke to my 80+ year old aunt yesterday and she is a die hard establishment republican that has been a delegate in MI many times. I was shocked to hear her diss the establishment and completely pro Trump. However, she did add that she can’t admit this verbally to her republican friends.
I think that there are a LOT of people out there like your aunt.
My mother (78) is similar. Not a politically active person like your aunt, but she keeps up with it every day. She’s in an independent living facility where at least half of the people are big libs, and she has to bite her tongue a lot. Still, if someone says something really outrageous, she’s there to correct them. I think that a lot of the folks there have been influenced by her words, but they just won’t say anything. Oh, but when they get into the voting booth....