I think one side is clearly worse than the other (just look at the presidential candidates. Hillary's big criticism was "can we trust her? She's knee deep in politics and is fairly cunning". Trump's big criticism was "he's insane, incompentent, sexist, generally ignorant and a racist. Literally."
You rarely hear about democratic politicians say, do, craft policies, or get caught with stuff that makes you say "WTF?". I feel like that is a common occurrence with team red. How many team red guys have been caught doing blow with prostitutes in hotel rooms? Not saying Team blue is perfect but you don't see or regularly hear a lot of batshite crazy stuff coming out of their lineup.
When was the last time you saw mass protests regarding some team blue state or federal policy? It just doesn't happen because its clear that when they are in power, they try and appease everyone whilst team red seems to really just try and appeal to its base.
Just my two cents.