Re: How can any decent voter
The GOP tend to win because they promise 'Jam tomorrow', lower taxes etc.
The Dems (bless them) often talk about 'Being in it together' and 'Helping the less fortunate'.
The result is a plain and obvious 'I want more for me' vote by a previously-empowered group.
Added to that the fact that the few pc that Mrs C lost by would have been covered amply by a higher turnout in the groups that more naturally support her (the less fortunate) and we have the eternal problem.
We had a saying in the UK when I was younger, something like "Everyone votes Tory to get more money for themselves and Labour when everything goes wrong and we need some medicine".
The NHS, Sex Equality, the Open Uni, Same-sex marriage. A long list of things done under Labour that would never be repealed by the Tories (because they were the right thing to do regardless of popularity).
Which is why legalising drugs for instance doesn't happen - not popular, even with a lot of lefties, despite scientific support for the process (and the fact that Portugal managed it quite well).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
