The rise to power in republican circles has always struck me less as a coalition and more of a coat-tail situation.
Disparate groups latch onto the next rising star in the hopes they'll be adjacent enough to power in order to wield it one day. They will literally abase themselves to take their shot
when you vote for President you are voting for a coalition rather than a person.
the right understands this very well, which is why evangelicals lined up behind Trump.
