Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story

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Source: AP via AOL News

After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point.

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63% — now say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's up slightly from the 55% who said the same in April when Trump began facing a series of criminal charges. Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an uptick from the 60% who said so two months ago.

But in a crucial warning sign for the former president and his supporters, Trump faces glaring vulnerabilities heading into a general election, with many Americans strongly dug in against him. While most Republicans — 74% — say they would support him in November 2024, 53% of Americans say they would definitely not support him if he is the nominee. Another 11% say they would probably not support him in November 2024.

The findings bolster the arguments of some of Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination who laud his tenure as president, but warn that he can't win in a general election when he must compete for votes beyond the GOP base. Trump lost the popular vote in the 2016 campaign, attaining the presidency only by winning a majority in the Electoral College. He lost to Democrat Joe Biden by an even larger 7 million-vote margin in 2020, a defeat he has falsely attributed to widespread voter fraud.

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Republicans aren't a political party. . .they are a hate group.

[Jarqui]

1. And a group moving further and further away from reality ..nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. I really find those numbers hard to believe.

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. I don't. They are Republicans and members of a Jim Jones style cult.

Hitler was and Winnie the Flu are popular. . .so was Papa Doc and so is Jabba the Kim.

[PortTack]

5. Same

[Pinback]

4. Their only hope is to find a candidate who appears "moderate" and drama-free

while being just as horrible as TFG in policy terms. This is why somebody like Youngkin may enter the stage sometime in the next few months.

But the Republican base is addicted to the visceral thrill of in-your-face cruelty that Trump or De Santis bring. So someone with the face of Friendly Fascism may not make it through the R primary gauntlet.

We have an exciting/nauseating 15 months ahead of us.

[GP6971]

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