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How is your view any less cynical? Implicit in yours is that the party knows that and does as much bad stuff (like this) because they know they have unwavering support on a few issues.

How is it cynical? They are all voting for it and so they all support it.

In every case I can think of in life, there are things I care about and things that get swept along with that.

I have one electric distribution utility provider. They use service trucks that have internal combustion engines. Suppose I was passionately pro-EV and against ICE vehicles; it would still not be a contradiction that I purchase my electricity distribution from that one available grid provider. "He's buying from them, so clearly he must support their use of ICE vehicles."

I can virtually guarantee that you disagree with at least one position that the candidate you voted for has taken. They're your representative, not your agent.

Ideally, bad representation for issues that aren't intrinsically GOP should be corrected in a primary. I don't know much about primaries (I'm an independent in a state where I can't vote in primaries), but I have a funny feeling primaries don't see much fair competition.