Trump's Grip on the GOP Tightens as the Field Widens

"If he clinches the GOP nomination, Trump will face obstacles in the general election, as he attempts to win over independents and suburban voters, many of whom turned away from the Republican Party in the 2022 midterms over its hard-line stance on abortion and Trump's insistence that he won the 2020 election."

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"Advisers also plan to play up his record on taxes and trade, as well as his Supreme Court picks, as part of their 2024 message."

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"Just like in 2016, Trump is sucking up the political oxygen on the Republican side."

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"Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley all disguise the obvious: A Trump-Biden rematch is almost inevitable."

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"Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley all disguise the obvious: A Trump-Biden rematch is almost inevitable."

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"Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley all disguise the obvious: A Trump-Biden rematch is almost inevitable."

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"Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley all disguise the obvious: A Trump-Biden rematch is almost inevitable."

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"Republican voters just aren't ready to quit Donald Trump, even if the party's donors and political strategists would prefer almost any other candidate."

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"After the Manhattan DA's indictment came out, Trump's rivals were forced to express support for him to avoid offending his base -- the roughly 30% of Republican voters who he's joked would vote for him even if he shot someone in the middle of New York's Fifth Avenue."

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"Gingrich says Trump has been a national figure for so long -- as a real estate developer, reality TV star and politician -- that he understands how to command attention and drive news cycles in a way new entrants into the GOP field simply don't."

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"Gingrich says Trump has been a national figure for so long -- as a real estate developer, reality TV star and politician -- that he understands how to command attention and drive news cycles in a way new entrants into the GOP field simply don't."

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"That much was evident in mid-April in Manchester, New Hampshire, where a small crowd of Trump die-hards stood across the street from a downtown hotel where Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was slated to speak."

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"That much was evident in mid-April in Manchester, New Hampshire, where a small crowd of Trump die-hards stood across the street from a downtown hotel where Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was slated to speak."

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"If he clinches the GOP nomination, Trump will face obstacles in the general election, as he attempts to win over independents and suburban voters, many of whom turned away from the Republican Party in the 2022 midterms over its hard-line stance on abortion and Trump's insistence that he won the 2020 election."

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""He has created a movement and has shown the willingness to fight as dirty as necessary for every piece in every fight," says Jeifer Horn, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2013 to 2017, who is now registered as an independent and plans to vote for President Joe Biden."

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"Rivals such as South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and DeSantis hope to make inroads in Iowa with evangelical voters, some of whom never backed Trump."

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"Rivals such as South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and DeSantis hope to make inroads in Iowa with evangelical voters, some of whom never backed Trump."

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"He lost the Iowa caucuses in 2016 to Texas Senator Ted Cruz.nn"

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"But for now, the Trump campaign is acting like he's the inevitable nominee, as it begins to pivot to directly attack Biden on inflation, crime and immigration."

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"But for now, the Trump campaign is acting like he's the inevitable nominee, as it begins to pivot to directly attack Biden on inflation, crime and immigration."

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""He understands the game, and he plays it unbelievably intensely and ruthlessly," Gingrich says."

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"Trump "is against what these suburban voters believe," says Doug Sosnik, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton."

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"Trump's staff is far more professional and organized in 2023 than it was in 2016 -- and more cohesive, too."

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""The party infrastructure has become so dependent on Trump for fundraising and activating the base that it cannot let go of him."nnTo the amazement of liberals -- and the consternation of more than a few establishment Republicans -- Trump remains the front-runner for the GOP nomination by a wide margin, outpacing DeSantis, his closest rival, by around 36 percentage points, according to a RealClearPolitics average of primary polls."

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"It's possible that one of the Republican candidates will catch fire over the next six months and mount a real challenge to Trump, or that his legal woes will upend the race."

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"That is not the case if you live in Georgia or Alabama" -- because Trump may have secured the nomination by the time those states hold primaries."

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""It is easy to forget he is an extraordinarily good politician," says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an informal Trump adviser."

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"But relentlessly attacking Biden over the economy and immigration and making inroads with groups that traditionally support Democrats could still be a potent strategy."

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"These voters show few signs of returning to the GOP, so Trump's team plans to invest energy and resources courting segments of the electorate that aren't part of his base, such as Black and Hispanic voters."

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