The Agony of #NeverTrump: His Comeback Has Destroyed Their Prestige

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : This is very good news for Trump, and for sadists who enjoy watching their enemies suffer paroxysms of agony.
66% : Trump is viewed most favorably by men, at 61 percent, while 48 percent of women view him favorably.
56% : The Hill offered further detail:Fifty-five percent of voters under 30 expressed a favorable view of Trump, according to the poll.
51% : So here we are, eight years later, and now Trump is more popular than ever:The Hill reports Trump's rating hit 54 percent in the wake of his runaway election win, which is up from 48 percent pre-election contest, according to an Emerson College poll cited by the outlet.
45% : "There was a real grassroots surge of support for Trump, and so the attitude of the Professional Conservative Pundit crowd turned from ridicule to hatred.
33% : After all, if Trump could not possibly beat Hillary (which was what the pundits keep telling us), then even if he did win the GOP nomination, the #NeverTrump crowd would be vindicated in November 2016, and step forward ready to assert their rightful place as the divinely ordained Intellectual Leaders of the Conservative Movement™.
31% : The poll also asked Americans if they didn't expect the final results of the 2024 race and found that 46 percent of voters were surprised that Trump beat Vice President Harris.
23% : Whereas they had originally treated Trump as a joke, now he was seen as threat.
21% : Beyond whatever disagreements they might have had with Trump on any policy, the pundits simply could not imagine Trump winning the 2016 general election but -- perhaps more to the point -- his winning the GOP nomination would mean that their own favorite Republican candidates would be denied a shot at the White House.
12% : Their main point seemed to be that Trump could not possibly beat Hillary Clinton.

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