The Southern Strategy was probably the biggest mistake the GOP ever made. They rounded up all the deplorables, who used to lurk in the Democratic Party, and welcomed them into the party of Eisenhower and William F. Buckley. Things went south for them not long after.
But where are they headed after this election? Let's look at the Five Stages of Grief/Loss.
1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
They will first deny that they lost. Trump has already set them up to believe the vote is rigged and the election will be stolen from them.
Then they will be angry. Very angry. Very very angry. Voters will be angry at the Republican party for not fully supporting their candidate. Party leaders will be(rightfully) angry at the voters for choosing such a lousy candidate to begin with. Mitch McConnell will be really angry that he's going to lose that cushy office and have to turn over the gavel to Chuck Schumer. Paul Ryan will be booted from his Speaker position by the Freedom Caucus and move back to his old office. Whoever takes over will be in a much weaker position since Democrats will pick up a few seats. Everyone will be angry at everyone else.
Bargaining? Not gonna happen. Republicans don't deal and they don't compromise. All those "great deals" Trump was gonna make? The weren't ever deals, they were demands. Because that's the way they roll.
Depression. Gloom despair and agony. Deep dark depression excesive misery. How could this happen? We had it in the bag. Who cares whether he grabs women by the pussy what's important is that he was gonna make America great again. Right wing heads will explode.
Suicides among Trump supporters will rise.
Acceptance...
Eventually they will come to accept that Donald Trump wasn't a True Conservative. Or a True Christian. And they will
accept that next time they need to run a True Conservative Christian. They will double down on everything Trump stood for and try to do it all over again in four years.
