Did the republicans just have a better ground game than democrats?

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Trump's unique

Please don't take this the wrong way, but he is a gifted salesman and has a certain charisma that attracts a cult like following. I agree that the FoxNews and rw talk radio are big contributors, it's all enthusiasm for Trump the person/persona nothing else. You can see how unpopular his policies are when other pols try to follow the same script. It doesn't work and they lose.

Just anecdotal, but yesterday I had Trumpers in front of and behind me. The younger woman in front of me hadn't voted for awhile, but felt she just had to vote this time. The middle-aged couple behind me, the wife had voted, but I don't think the husband had as I thought I heard her ask him if he had his driver's license, an indication he wasn't a regular voter. These three were exactly the kind of low information voters that go for Trump. The woman behind me really didn't know how elections worked or the polls worked, couldn't understand why she, as a republican, couldn't vote for a Dem candidate in the primary. She had no idea how a closed primary system like ours worked. I doubt she could've passed a general American civics test.
All 3 of them were busy living their lives, work, kids, selling their house or buying a house somewhere else. I'd bet they have no idea how Trump's policies actually affect their lives or that he lies all the time or cares not a whit about them, they just like and believe him.