He’s Weaker Than People Realize

Created
Tue, 09/04/2024 - 05:00
Updated
Tue, 09/04/2024 - 05:00
They didn’t even show Florida, which is a real shocker: It’s about time the MSM took notice of this phenomenon. There’s been a ton of talk about the Biden “uncommitted” vote because of Gaza but very little about the fact that Trump’s getting a smaller percentage of the GOP vote than Biden gets from Democrats. And a bunch of these races have happened long after the other candidates have dropped out: A month after Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican race, former President Trump is still dealing with a contingent of voters showing up to cast primary ballots for candidates who aren’t him. Why it matters: President Biden has more successfully unified his voters despite never facing a strong primary opponent and an organized protest vote over the war in Gaza. -In 10 recent primary contests, more than one-quarter of GOP primary voters cast a ballot for a non-Trump candidate. -“Joe Biden has a real golden opportunity to capture all those disaffected people who voted for Nikki Haley,” said Arizona-based GOP strategist Barrett Marson. Driving the news: In the key battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, 20.8% of Republican primary voters cast a ballot for a candidate other than Trump. -Haley, the former UN ambassador who suspended her campaign a month ago, drew more than 12%, or 76,000 votes, in Wisconsin, which Biden won by just over 20,000 votes against Trump in 2020. -“Those are significant numbers,” longtime Wisconsin Republican strategist Bill McCoshen told Axios. -“Will those voters come home in November? I think it’s possible…