Conservatives have lost the public. They have become the equivalent of political clutter ------ good at talking and nothing else. They are being replaced. Our national survival demands it.
Conservatives have been subject to media assault, slander, and lies for far longer than Trump has, misrepresented in fact and fiction as "extremists". Roll back the clock to 1970 and Conservatives were mainstream. What changed? Leftist indoctrination for three generations has moved the "middle" seriously to the left.
As for this region, though, anywhere outside major urban enclaves, the principles most Conservatives live by just do not go out of style.
Now look at where crime, drugs, sexual aberration, and blatant corruption are the highest, and you will find why where people know their neighbors and cannot hide behind the anonymity of the Great Herds of urbanity, conservatism, and the general lack of crime rule. The chances of a criminal getting caught, prosecuted, and convicted are greater in more rural settings.
Now, consider all the Media feeds almost all come from urban settings, and if you want to believe the Bolshevik style line that Conservatism is going out of style, that's on you. I'd rather not be suckered into thinking the fight is lost before it has even started.
YMMV.