Much of the country is gerrymandered. The popular vote skews less center right than the outcome of the election suggests. And only about half the country vote

Much of the country is gerrymandered. The popular vote skews less center right than the outcome of the election suggests. And only about half the country votes in the first place. If you look at where the newly appearing votes went in big wave elections (notably Obama) a big chunk of those votes are left leaning.