Trump Star Power Key to White House Win

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Few politicians are capable of ginning up the kind of popular support Trump found in spades.
57% : (It should not need saying, but since it does: The point here isn't that storming the Capitol is good -- it is obviously not -- but this is illustrative of a commitment to Trump that few other political figures could match.)
51% : Perhaps someone like Trump could win with a different electoral coalition with a different platform.
50% : Trump came within 43,000 votes in three states of winning a second term, which was a key indication that he was going to be formidable in a rematch once the pandemic was over but inflation had begun.
49% : And there is obviously an emotional connection Trump forged with his hardcore supporters that transcends ideology or policy.
43% : The reason this is once again relevant is that Trump has for the second time around tried to assemble a Cabinet more representative of the coalition that elected him.
42% : But it does mean senators should perhaps more seriously grapple with how Trump won and what that means for the Republican future, even if they find some of his new political allies odd (or worse).
36% : But these things explain why Trump wins when Blake Masters does not.
36% : But not the coalition Trump actually put together to win the White House twice.
33% : But it probably is to carry a purple state, which Trump was able to do much more often than Republican Senate candidates.
30% : It beggars belief that Trump would win the Rust Belt based on fame and bravado alone if he were running on Social Security privatization, free trade, and amnesty for illegal immigrants.
20% : I'm not a big fan of the PRO Act myself and suspect Trump and RFK Jr. will eventually find themselves in conflict.

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