You are so correct - I’ve read dozens of posts over the last week that since Republicans didn’t stay true to small gov’t principles they deserved to lose. I’ve continually asked the question “And Democrats deserve to win” ?
The most common answer was an avoidance of the fact that Democrats will do worse things than RINO Republicans.
It’s not who you vote for, its who you elect.
Democrats didn’t win because they deserved to win. I think they won because they devised and executed a winning strategy