Think of them as your most reliable advisors.
When I served in local government, we had public input sessions twice each month. Whenever a contentious issue was pending, the Republicans would always turn out in fairly large numbers to express their opinion. Quite honestly, I admired them for it. The Democrats never came, but Republicans are more motivated.
Anyway, the Republicans were always wrong. So, whatever they asked for, I just voted the other way.
Worked every time.