{"id":559764,"date":"2023-03-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-see-growing-primary-field-as-boon-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:00:00","slug":"republicans-see-growing-primary-field-as-boon-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-see-growing-primary-field-as-boon-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans see growing primary field as boon for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6c630a96\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6c630a96\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-see-growing-primary-field-as-boon-for-trump\/#Republicans_see_growing_primary_field_as_boon_for_Trump\" >Republicans see growing primary field as boon for Trump<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Republicans_see_growing_primary_field_as_boon_for_Trump\"><\/span>Republicans see growing primary field as boon for Trump<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/trumpdonald_012823getty_trump-probes.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with an increasingly apparent \u2014 and to some, uncomfortable \u2014 reality that an expectedly crowded 2024 primary field could once again boost former President Donald Trump to the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>With three declared candidates already in the race and several more expected to announce campaigns in the coming months, Trump and his allies are betting that a jam-packed primary will divide Republican voters between several candidates and prevent a clear alternative from emerging as a genuine threat to the former president.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And early polling suggests that such a strategy just might work. While most surveys show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is actively preparing for a likely presidential bid, leading Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchup, the former president is the clear frontrunner when other candidates are added into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing to always remember is Trump has the highest floor, DeSantis has the highest ceiling,\u201d Ford O\u2019Connell, a Republican strategist and former congressional candidate, said. \u201cAnd in a seven-ring circus, the highest floor is more important. Now, if it\u2019s a two-ring circus, that\u2019s a different story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-trump-desantis-top-2024-republican-preference\">Fox News poll<\/a>\u00a0released this week found Trump leading a hypothetical 15-candidate primary field with 43 percent of the vote. DeSantis trailed him in second place with 28 percent of the vote, while no other contender broke double-digit support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who entered the race last month, and former Vice President Mike Pence, who hasn\u2019t yet announced a campaign, were tied for third place with just 7 percent support each.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3866\">Quinnipiac University poll<\/a>\u00a0released last week told a similar story. Trump beat out 13 other declared or potential primary rivals with 42 percent of the vote, while DeSantis notched 36 percent support. Haley and Pence received 5 percent and 4 percent support, respectively, putting them in a distant third and fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>For some Republicans, Trump\u2019s dominance over a potentially crowded primary field has resurfaced memories of the party\u2019s 2016 nominating contest, when the list of prominent candidates reached 17 at one point. The dynamics of that race were complicated, but some Republicans say that it should serve as a warning to many would-be contenders who are hoping to supplant Trump in the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a one-to-one comparison with 2016, but I think everyone needs to be clear-headed about their chances here,\u201d one Republican consultant who worked on a 2016 primary campaign said. \u201cThere are a lot of people that think they can be the one to take Trump down, but there comes a point where you\u2019re hurting your own cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Trump and Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy jumped into the fray last week. Pence has said that he will make a decision on a bid by this spring, while DeSantis is expected to wait until the Florida state legislature wraps up its regular session in May to make a final call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the list of prospective candidates is much longer; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, among others, are weighing bids of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And while many Republicans say they\u2019re doubtful that the primary field will get as crowded as it did seven years ago, the simple fact that GOP voters haven\u2019t coalesced around one clear alternative to Trump helps the former president, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019ll be a four- or five-person race \u2013 and that certainly helps Donald Trump,\u201d said Katon Dawson, a former South Carolina GOP chair who is backing Haley in the contest. \u201cSo the question is: who can take some away from Donald Trump and who can get the other 50-something percent out there who are still undecided?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are signs that Trump\u2019s standing among Republicans is more tenuous than it once was. An\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-2024-presidential-election\/\">NPR\/PBS NewsHour\/Marist national poll<\/a>\u00a0released last month found his favorability rating among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents dropping to 68 percent \u2014 the lowest recorded by that poll since Sept. 2016.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, he\u2019s facing fresh skepticism from many in the party after Republicans dramatically underperformed in the 2022 midterm elections \u2014 including several candidates whom he emphatically endorsed.<\/p>\n<p>And there are few polls that show Trump cracking 50 percent in a hypothetical Republican presidential primary. The NPR\/PBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>Hour\/Marist poll found that a majority of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents \u2014 54 percent \u2014 believe the party has a better chance at recapturing the White House in 2024 with someone other than Trump as the party\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump doesn\u2019t need to win a majority of the primary vote to clinch the nomination once again. Instead, he just needs to win a plurality of the vote in individual state nominating contests to put him on the path to victory.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think the first big question in all of this is: Is it going to be Trump or not? And for a majority of the party, in every poll you see, the answer is no,\u201d said Dallas Woodhouse, a longtime Republican operative and the executive director of the conservative South Carolina Policy Council. \u201cBut a majority doesn\u2019t do it. He can become the nominee with 30 or 35 percent support in the party.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keith Naughton, a veteran Republican strategist, played down the notion that a crowded primary field would propel Trump to the nomination. While there are several would-be candidates waiting in the wings, he said, they likely won\u2019t last long once the first nominating contests get under way.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that a crowded primary field \u201cdefinitely helps [Trump] in the first three states\u201d \u2014 Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina \u2014 but argued that the list of candidates will likely winnow quickly after that.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican side is a lot more goal oriented; \u2018we have to have a nominee, let\u2019s figure out who it is,\u2019\u201d Naughton said. \u201cThe bottom line is the first three contests are going to decide who\u2019s viable. Maybe there\u2019s a surprise and you have someone sneak through and last a little bit longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, if Trump wins all three, he has the nomination, it\u2019s all over,\u201d he added. \u201cIf DeSantis wins two out of three, he can knock out Trump pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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