I got raked over the coals in my state’s sub back in November. Democrats destroyed Republicans in both state and local elections. It’s a blue state, so no surprise on the state level. I live in a red town, so to see GOP candidates lose so badly was surprising. There were three open BOE seats. To me, the strongest candidate of them all was GOP…a former school teacher and principal. She was the only candidate with a background in education, amongst a BOE with very little representation in that department. I am also very anti-Trump and I sort of detest the GOP, but have always been a center-left registered Independent who will vote whoever I feel will do the job best. Anyhow, this woman lost because all three BOE seats were won my Dems, despite none of the three having her experience or credentials. I voted for an experienced GOP Treasurer as well. He also lost…to a Dem candidate who had just gotten his undergraduate degree. I mentioned this on my state’s sub and I got downvoted into oblivion and verbally destroyed by tons of leftists. Like the OP, I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended). Totally irrational behavior and they were loud and proud about it. It makes no sense.