Former President Donald Trump was indicted and arraigned this week on charges related to efforts to overturn that electoral outcome . At the same time primary polls indicate that Trump and President Joe Biden are by far the most likely to represent their parties once more in next years general election . It turns out that Trumps ability to convince a large swath of the Republican base that Bidens win was illegitimate is paying major dividends as he seeks the GOP nomination for a third time . The fact that Trump does so much better among those who believe he lost illegitimately makes a lot of sense . One of Trumps biggest selling points is that he is a winner. If a Republican voter thinks Trumps a loser then of course theyll be far more likely to go with another candidate. It matches too with what we saw after the midterms. Republicans had one of the worst performances for an opposition party during a midterm despite Bidens low approval rating. They lost a . Trump and Biden were one of their own candidates. It is very clearly about the past. No matter how many times a Republican wants to argue this race is about the future it is veryClearly about the . past it is . about the present and the future of the past and the past . Neither of the aforementioned choices seems like a particularly easy to make given where the GOP base is at this point which is why Trump remains a viable option. Neither of these choices seems to be a viable choice. It seems like it seems like the GOP candidates. The GOP candidates have allowed Trump to sell what is factually a fantasy to Trump. It doesn’t seem like a fantasy. It’s about the reality. It isn’ttttttt’ve allowed Trump’ll
The big reason Trump leads the GOP field: Republicans think he won the 2020 election .
