… By building a fiercely loyal base coming out of the gates — a base constructed from his embrace of right-wing talking points and his hard line on immigration — Trump was able to consistently float above the pack until his opponents fell away and the party coalesced around him.
That’s one theory of Biden, too: He’s beloved by Democrats and already locking down a big chunk of the electorate. How do you defeat that?
The answer is probably simple. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post