As an example, I have a young cousin, truck guy, lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere. As of late he is hardcore right, the things he posts on FB, just demonizes anything and anyone on the left. It is the very fringe of the left that he is looking at, the extreme, but in his mind that represent the left largely on the whole. I'm saying both sides do this, create exaggerated views of what the other side wants and is about, then fights that caricature.
A FB friend of mine posted one of those conservative tough guy music videos where he takes down a liberal caricature who's wearing glasses, pink outfit, etc (while he drives his truck showing off his muscles). Typical politics. Then I started thinking about how the left might make a video where they attack a caricature of the right. The caricature would be narcissistic, authoritarian, blowhard, always-persecuted, and ignorant. Who does that sound like? The thing about the liberal caricature is that it's just that. Most elected democrats aren't really "pussies", least of which is Hillary Clinton. Sure, she may not have been a good person and may have had some bad policy stances, but if anything I think people saw her as too calculating and "bitchy." The right has actually elected their caricature as president. The left doesn't have to fabricate a straw man anymore.