Seems like they think elections are like playing the price is right, where guessing 1 dollar above or below one of the other players is sometimes a good strategy.
I agree that she should perform a token move to the center to be more electable to average morons, but just not on issues i care about please. Like maybe say something like “we should keep the current death tax exemptions so farmers can inherit land” and “yes I support tariffs on Chinese goods” and “yeah the second amendment isn’t going anywhere you guys I’m not going to support any new gun bans, but let’s do more background checks please”.