Certainly an important inquiry.

The identity politicians on the left overfished the grievance grounds and lost the rust belt states as a result. When the only thing a party seems to care about is how many roles it can fill without using a cis-het White Christian man, cist-het White, Christian men take notice. Yes, some of them had to delude themselves into thinking that Trump wasn't as awful as he is, but mostly, their self-esteem as red-blooded American men was challenged by the Democrats, and any port was good enough in that storm. Trump "accomplished" putting their interests front and center. What more can a voting bloc want?