Dozens of Republicans are planning to form new party

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14. Fortunately it doesn't take all that many

It doesn't take a huge percentage to make a large difference in election results.

Right now the GOP is catering to the crazy wing and assuming that the core and moderate Republicans will just keep voting the way they have in the past. And they have been correct about it so far. If there was a sense that they (GOP politicians) had to appeal to the saner, moderate, non-Trump Republicans, it would change the landscape dramatically.

I think there is a crowd out there who are not strong Trump supporters, but are just never going to vote for a Democratic candidate. If they are given another alternative, then the crazies become less powerful, and less appealing to those seeking votes.