re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If the candidate is Trump, that will not be likely. DeSantis or Hawley would probably fare better in terms of numbers of popular votes.

Without Trump, the GOP will have trouble motivating their most rabid supporters, but the Dems can no longer count on the sort of record turnout they enjoyed in 2020.

Another thought I’ve had is if a GOP nominee other than Trump would be willing to risk chaos and violence to claim the presidency. I know all GOP politicians are shameless liars, but to date Trump is the only presidential candidate in US history to attempt a violent coup. While I have nothing but contempt for DeSantis, I don’t know that he will try to cheat his way into the WH. Maybe he would rather be remembered as the man who restored democracy by returning to the tradition of conceding a lost election, rather than be remembered as America’s first fascist dictator who ended democracy. If Trump is the nominee, we know that he will never concede, and that there is nothing he wouldn’t do to regain power.