More On Romney

Yes, Democrats savaged him in 2012, because it was a campaign.  Some savaging is to be expected. 

But Romney always represented the version of the GOP that the GOP tells itself it is.  A pro-business, low-state involvement, socially moderate center-right party. Trump - and Romney by opposing him - has exposed what the bulk of the GOP actually is: a party of white grievance.

Also worth remembering: in 2012, Mitt Romney got 47% of the vote. In 2016, Donald Trump got 46%.