That's why people in deep red states think the government is filled with waste, fraud, and abuse - they don't realize that crumbling infrastructure, a lack of social services and societal blight aren't the norm.
They just see other poor people getting help from the government in blue states and wonder "well where's my handout?" Without realizing they are in fact voting against those measures every election.
The cons keep telling those voters that the government is broken - so they re-elect them to prove it.
The national party better figure out quickly that the next election isn't going to be
"Blue no matter who"
It's going to be
"More green than blue or else fuck you too!"