You can't. The logic is sound. Stop listening to what candidates are saying, and start looking at what they are doing. Follow the ballooning deficits during Republican control. A smaller social safety net, plus tax cuts for the rich, and still resulting in trillions in debt over the decades? It can only mean one thing. They are oligarchial, and subscribe to a sort of "trickle-up" economic theory. The ones who are elected on a national level are stifling the working and middle classes for decades to come. It's not even about the poor. The poorest have nothing left to lose anyhow, and most probably don't vote.
I will grant you one thing. On a state-and-local level, Republicans probably aren't really like this so much, and that contributes to the confusion. I grew up in a small town with a conservative 'R' mayor, city council, and state legislature rep. and it was consistently a boring place with no change for decades. It almost looked like something out of the 19th century, except without the horses. Probably that's what the voters wanted! Eventually, though, the area had a population boom, out-of-staters moved there in droves, voted for Dems starting with some really stellar mayors, and the area was revitalized with industry, better schools, highways, roundabouts, beaches along the Columbia River, and an old-town main street that was converted to thriving commercial center. Businesses came, property values rose and slums dissipated.
On a national level, on the other hand, the Ivy League Republicans in D.C. are corporate shills who will spend us to the ground, and offer kickbacks to their rich buddies. They are not public servants, as they are too busy golfing and yachting.
If you are a fiscal & social conservative Republican, the best practice would be to vote across party line. Rs locally, but Ds for governor, president, and the reps going to the U.S. Capitol. Simple as that.
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