Because of their lockdown control of many states, especially in the South & Midwest, & their control of the Federal judicial system, especially the SCOTUS majority & much of the appealate courts, the Right/GOQP has disproportionate power to enforce & impose their right-wing social rule & "libertarian" economics onto the majority.
While Democrats talk plenty smack about the threat of "GOQP fascism", they have done damn little to challenge the social Right at any level; national, state, or local.