Frankly because they're more comfortable with Democrats. Look at Sununu of New Hampshire. He only has "Republican" cred because he vetoes the craziest of woke nonsense that even the State Democrats don't want (though they push it anyway, because they're cynical, soulless goblins), and he's more popular with Democrats than Republicans. You think he eats dinner with Republicans or Democrats? Low-information dopes call him Republican, and think New Hampshire is some kind of bastion of freedom, when in reality, it's enmeshed in the same Liberal Democrat crapfest as the rest of the Northeast.
Frankly because they're more comfortable with Democrats. Look at Sununu of New Hampshire. He only has "Republican" cred because he vetoes the craziest of woke nonsense that even the State Democrats don't want (though they push it anyway, because they're cynical, soulless goblins), and he's more popular with Democrats than Republicans. You think he eats dinner with Republicans or Democrats? Low-information dopes call him Republican, and think New Hampshire is some kind of bastion of freedom, when in reality, it's enmeshed in the same Liberal Democrat crapfest as the rest of the Northeast.