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[โ€“] ashok36 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump lost the Senate in 2018, the presidency in 2020, and the republicans managed a wet fart in 2022 with Trump's candidates in particular tanking hard.

Trump absolutely has a base of support that's not going anywhere but he no longer has the incumbent advantage, the "Unknown Quantity" advantage, or the "I'm not currently under multiple felony indictments" advantage.

Lots of people voted for Trump in 2016 and then went on to vote for Biden in 2020. I don't see anything that indicates any of those voters would go back to Trump. He's not offering anything new or exciting.

All that is not to say we should be complacent. I just don't think we should be listening to people that say Trump has some big advantage 15 months out from the election. If anything, he's going to get more unfocused and distracted as indictments pile up.