Trump’s Team Sees Repeat of 2016 Primary Conditions

Associated Press: “Trump’s team believes, as do a growing number of anxious donors and Republican operatives, that the GOP’s emboldened 2024 class may already be unintentionally re-creating the conditions that enabled Trump’s success in 2016. That year, a crowded Republican field splintered the primary electorate and allowed Trump to become the party’s presidential nominee despite winning just 35% or less of the vote in each of the three opening primary contests.”

“In the earliest days of the 2024 season, the 2016 parallels are eerie.”