While the actions of the governor are not determined directly by the governed (and they shouldn't be), I think people were all pretty familiar with who Trump was and what he was involved with, particularly as it extends to all of the scandals relating to Ukraine and (arguably more importantly) the 2020 election. This didn't matter much to them in practice.
The problem is that I think even most people who voted for Trump aren't really far-right fascists either. They may be right-leaning, but their intents overall vary; I don't think you can pin down every Trump voter as having extremely flawed values inherently despite them being potentially disagreeable. A lot of them simply complain about high costs which is IMO a horrible basis to vote on if you know at all how the federal government works, especially relative to the state government.
I don't think actual principles are always determining who wins elections, because if they did Trump wouldn't have been on the ballot; I think Trump in the long run is pretty bad for the american right as a whole if it continues to be associated with things such as deporting immigrants (let along American citizens) without any sort of due process via the usage of the Alien Enemies act. Even their own base is questioning their decisions thanks to all of the Epstein stuff
It points to bigger problems with the country's political habits that are in part the account of individuals voting IMO
Besides; competent politicians are only elected on the initiative of the individuals who put their trust in them. If voters, particularly committed ones, continue to subsist on vibes for their decisions rather than the principles they believe in, then at that point my sympathy is gone; it should be for tragedies, not for the inevitable.
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