I understand what you’re saying, but it doesn’t work that way. I go by cold hard numbers, not the heart. History shows that those who affiliate or call themselves Republicans and or democrats will vote 94% of the time on average for candidates of their party. It doesn’t matter if the other party is promising things good for you or doing things that are good for you or not. Party loyalty remains supreme. 94% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2020, 94% of democrats voted for Biden. 2018 midterms, 94% of Republicans again voted for GOP candidates, 95% of Democrats voted for their candidates. 2016 was a bit of an anomaly where 89% of Democrats voted for Clinton, 88% of Republicans for Trump and so on back to Reagan. All told, on average, 94% each party’s base will vote for their candidates.

Independents are all over the place.
2000 independents voted for G.W. Bush 47-46 over Gore, independents voted for Republican congressional candidates 49-47 over Democratic congressional candidates.
2002 independents voted for Republican congressional candidates 51-45 over Democratic congressional candidates.
2004 independents voted for Bush by a 49-48 margin over Kerry. Independents voted for Republican congressional candidates by a 50-46 margin over Democratic congressional candidates.
2006 independents voted Democratic by a margin of 57-39 over Republicans.
2008 independents voted for Obama by a 52-44 margin over McCain. Independents voted 52-45 for Democratic congressional candidates.
2010 independents voted 56-37 Republican over Democratic congressional candidates
2012 independents voted for Romney by a 51-48 margin, Independents voted 50-49 for Republican congressional candidates.
2014 independents voted 54-42 for Republican congressional candidates
2016 Independents voted for Trump 46-42 with 12% voting third party. In congressional election independents voted Republican 51-47.
2018 Independents voted for the Democratic congressional candidates by a 54-42 margin.
2020 Independents voted for Biden 54-41 with 5% voting third party. In Congressional elections independents voted Democratic 49-48.

Those who identify with either major party, their votes are set in stone. Independents are finicky and as you can see above, are all over the place. Today, 40% of independents say they’ll vote for Republican congressional candidates vs. 36% who say they’ll vote for the Democratic congressional candidates with a whopping 24% undecided, not sure. It’s different in the senate, 42% of independents state they’ll vote Democratic in the senate vs. 32% for Republican senate candidates with the rest undecided, not sure. The big difference is only 34 states have senate elections this year vs. all 50 for the house. Which state have senate elections is why there are a big difference in how independents plan on voting for the house and the senate. 16 states don’t have a senate election this year.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.