It goes even further than that. For as long as I can remember (Limbaugh in his heyday) Republican media (and some politicians) have told their Republican supporters that democrats are the enemy. We are radicals, we are Socialist communists who also want Sharia law, we want to indoctrinate their children and on and on. Its easy to support a strong man and not listen to anyone from the other side if you think hes protecting you from you from your enemy.