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The issue is that americans vote on identity. They don't vote about policies.
Look at Arkansas. A nuclear engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up a solid plan to improve Arkansas. He visited all 75 counties. He lost by double digits against Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She barely campaigned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arkansas_gubernatorial_election
The issue is that many americans simply vote on identity. They don't vote about policies.
Sure, they might agree with individual policies. But when it comes to voting for candidates, (most) americans ultimately vote based on their perceived identity.