Subject: Re: More on the Arlington Cemetery incident
where is the evidence that people in this movement are able to separate party from the major figures in each party?

That's not really relevant, at least on this issue. Regardless of whether the voters' negative assessment of the other party is based on their policies, or based on the people who are the "face" of the party, they regard the party as an unacceptable choice. So a Republican might refuse to ever vote for any Democrat because they hate Nancy Pelosi, or a Democrat might refuse to ever consider any Republican because they hate Mitch McConnell. They're not committed GOP or Democratic voters because they love their own party, but because they hate the other party - regardless of where the hate sprang from.