Analysis: We know Republicans are turning back to Donald Trump. Here’s the ‘why.’
against his enemies, whether real or conjured. While this poll suggests that the GOP as a whole isn’t clamoring for that, a substantial segment of it is.The poll gave Republican-leaners a choice between a candidate Trump who would a) talk about working with Democrats, and b) “investigate and punish them.” While 40 percent chose “a,” 32 percent chose “b.
Some big-name Trump allies-turned-critics are still considering their 2024 plans. And for many of the above reasons, the verdict on them appears to be a decisive “no thank you.” The poll asked whether Republicans would consider voting for certain 2024 hopefuls, and nobody fared worse on that than the three Republicans who have perhaps most run afoul of Trump.Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson are the strongest Trump critics in the bunch; for both, 7 in 10 poll respondents said they wouldn’t even consider voting for them in the primaries.
As for former vice president Mike Pence, who refused to help Trump overturn the 2020 election and has paid the price for that apostasy, 57 percent of Republican-leaning voters say they wouldn’t vote for him. Oh, and just 7 percent of Republican-leaners want a candidate who criticizes Trump. That includes just 1 percent of self-described conservatives.
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