@Jazzhead You said, "The GOP and conservatives more than held their own this year. The bottom line that no one seems to want to face is that Donald Trump was a flawed candidate who had more than enough opportunities to change the behavior that turned folks off but never would or could."
Exactly, Republicans voted Biden to get rid of Trump, and voted their usual way, Republican, down ticket. Women is one group who voted this way. It is inherent for women to choose "safety" (for their children), and Trump's continual, every day a new outburst, nastiness, foul words, etc., etc., causes women to reject him. They want peace for their children and Trump was never peace.
Some of you will reject what I wrote above, but it is the truth of the behavior of women. In ancient times, the leader of a group was the physically strongest man. A women needed a strong man in order to give safety to her children. That desire has never changed. The meaning of "strong" has changed. Money is the new "strong", and second is physically strong.
A truism:
Women need men to lift heavy objects and kill spiders. Just yesterday, I could not get the top off a milk jug. I took it to Bob and he had it off in a second. A few years ago, I came into the living area, headed for the kitchen. In front of me on the floor was a
snake. I stood still and called out "Bob, come here, SNAKE!" He came, knows snakes, and said it was a grass snake, picked it up and took it outside. Ladies, tell your husband/partner, he is important to you.