It's not helping anything to pretend this is true. For example, consider the spectrum of reactions you witness among your peers, not to mention on social media, the next time there's a high profile killing of an unarmed person of color by police officers. I don't think woo, it's great that we all want the same things is the feeling you're going to get.
Under Trump, it has become clear that they (edit: Republicans) want something fundamentally different: to do better than other groups of people. They care more about hurting those they disagree with than making things better for anyone.
It’s curious how many conclusions people draw from a binary choice on a ballot.
Aka schools? Honestly, what do you do with people making $40k / year who think they’re going to be affected by tax on earnings over $400k, going to pay tax on the sale of their primary residence, and going to be affected by the estate tax?
There are a lot of people that can’t seem to figure out they aren’t rich and are never going to be.
Yes, there will always be a few people at the extremes of any movement. It is very different when they control the movement.
They may have seen it as the "least-bad" option rather than actively wanting what Trump was offering, but honestly that distinction doesn't matter if they are willing to support that level of harm. You don't get to vote for Trump and claim you aren't in that group. If you enabled him, you own his policy.
[1] https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/11/04/cr...
Not all conservatives fit your described profile.
That sort of division seems to have cost one party the White House and the other a lot of seats in Congress.
https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/nationaltrends
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
(The premises are false enough that it feels less like a "peers" opinion and more like a "social media rando who needs attention" opinion, but I guess that distinction illustrates the original point.)