“thou shalt not criticize the Leader” seems pretty authoritarian to me
Didn’t Trump only win by 129,000 votes? I believe the third parties got 110,000 votes there. Between that and people staying home out of principle, Dems could have pulled it.
Authoritarianism is never a good alternative, so if you believe MAGA is a better party then you were never much of a Dem to begin with.