A majority of people support Democrat's economic policies...even though Republicans hold a majority of the seats at both the state and federal level. It seems like people aren't necessarily voting for the party that represent's their positions--or, more likely, there are wedge issues that cause them to vote another way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/05/2...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/12...