I'm not so sure about that. The entire platform and messaging of the Republican party at the Federal level since 2016 (and perhaps earlier) has been about the danger of voting for Democrats, rather than the value of voting for a Republican candidate. That's why the Republicans have been able to get batshit crazy candidates through, because they have so effectively convinced voters of the horrors of the Democratic party that even electing the biggest dirtbag Republican is preferable in their eyes.
Yeah its thousands of years old but the technique works incredibly well.
Even though it was clearly obvious the nation was much worse off with Donald he still got 3 million MORE votes the second time around.
Thats fucking scary. Their propaganda machine is so finely tuned we will literally vote ourselves into oblivion.
Americans need to stop being so horrifically ignorant and magnificently scared. And honest to god I do not know how to correct such a problem. Other than encouraging critical thinking skills in the public education system. And of course Republicans actively fight any attempts to make public education better, so, good luck with that.