The problem with this country is there are those who vote as staunch Republicans or Democrats, their party's policies might be terrible, their candidate awful, but they hold their nose and vote along party lines anyway.
I'm an Independent; I vote for who I think the BEST candidate is regardless of party lines, I lean left on some issues, right on some issues, in the middle on others, I'll never understand voting for a bad choice because you are a member of his or her party, makes less than zero sense.