The Republicans are still Donald Trump’s party, and they can still win

DICK CHENEY, Wyoming’s sole member of the House of Representatives during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, was rarely inconvenienced by its voters. In his memoirs, the former vice-president described a typical campaign interaction in the deeply conservative state. “An old cowboy at the bar looked me over and asked, ‘Son, are you a Democrat?’ I said, ‘No sir.’ ‘Are you a lawyer?’ he asked. I said nope, and he said, ‘Then I’ll vote for you!’”

When Mr Cheney’s daughter and political mini-me, Liz Cheney, decided to contest her father’s old seat in 2016 she had even less trouble. She won over 60% of the vote, despite having a law degree. But Wyoming conservatives have lately adopted a new political standard—Do you agree with Donald Trump that the general election was stolen?—which she has flunked.