The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the frontrunner on stage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.
The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the frontrunner on stage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.
Republicans are doing the same thing in this primary that they did in 2016 which led to Trump’s nomination: There’s a huge field of candidates, all splitting the vote, so the winner will have a plurality and not a majority. Trump doesn’t need to convince half+1 of the Republicans to vote for him, he just needs about 20%, which will be more than all the rest of the candidates.