The Grand Old Battle for the GOP is on
Not so fast. That outcome — and certainly the 2024 White House race —depends on which Republican Party shows up next year: an unreformed Trumpy version, still beating the drum of election fraud, or one that doesn’t send swing voters into the arms of the Democrats.
So which version of the party is set to lead? The Grand Old Battle for the GOP is on.
A year after losing the White House and Congress, Republican optimism centers on the disastrous performance of both the president and his party. Joe Biden’s approval ratings have plummeted to the low forties, according to many polls, as voters register his fumbling of everything from Afghanistan to inflation. Meanwhile, the Democrats’ loss of the Virginia state house last week was voters’ answer to the party’s far-left lurch.
“If you’re a Democrat and President Biden won your seat by 16 points, you’re in a competitive race next year,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said after the Virginia victory, saying that Republicans could take back 60 seats next year.
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