@ryanhoulihan meh, to say that conservatism offers a conservative nothing would be to gaslight them with the liberal position.
a conservative could say the exact same thing about a liberal candidate offering nothing to liberals, it means absolutely nothing by itself because it's emotionally driven and not backed by any useful information.
if someone can think of even one reason to be a liberal or a conservative, then surely there's people out there who hold beliefs based on this reasoning.