Republicans Are Squandering Their Swing-State Gains

The Republican Party under Trump has become far weaker in nearly every major swing state that will determine who wins in 2024.

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Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., September 3, 2022.

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Republicans are drowning in various forms of aggravation over former president Donald Trump’s indictment in New York. Some lament the attention it is garnering for the presidential candidate and porn-star philanderer. Others see it as an opportunity to rally the party faithful. It’s a mistake, however, for Republican voters to focus myopically on this (likely first) indictment.

If they’d take a wider view, they’d find instead that they have much more to be morose about. Trump’s recent indictment was, in fact, merely one chapter in a long story of GOP disappointments since Trump took control of the party in 2016. One needs only to peruse recent election history in nearly every major battleground state.

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Michael Torres

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