The growing Republican field will worry Trump opponents inside the Republican Party as the large number of challengers will splinter the anti-Trump vote and hand the party's nomination to the former president
The growing Republican field concerns many Trump opponents inside the Republican Party. They fear a large number of challengers will splinter the anti-Trump vote and hand the party's nomination to the former president, who can rely on at least 30 percent of the Republican base to back him.
On Wednesday, Pence's polling average in the Republican field was less than 4 percent, compared to Trump's 53 percent, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls. Christie has barely registered in the polls. A staunch social conservative who stood by Trump throughout his time in his office, Pence has increasingly distanced himself from the former Republican president since his election defeat.
The success of his campaign will hinge on whether he can attract enough backers of Trump's policies who are turned off by the former president's rhetoric and behavior to build a viable coalition.Christie, 60, enters the race as a decided underdog, six years after his 2016 presidential campaign failed to gain traction amid a crowded field that included Trump. Only one percent of Republicans said he would be their preferred 2024 nominee in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted May 9-15.
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