Reasonable, honest, thoughtful people vote Republican for good reason. For example, they are more likely to support good governance. Blue states and massive public debts go hand in hand[1].

In my experience, the number one most common quality that distinguishes the rare Bay Area young Republican is a love for sustainable budgets and a belief in the immorality of a government knowingly running an unsustainable deficit. Those monsters.

The idea that the Republican party is a collection of "circus freaks" is a myth largely sustained by the liberal echosphere.

[1] http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/11/09/blue-s...