Throughout Donald Trump’s chaotic, turbulent, and unconventional presidency the other leaders of the Republican Party have stood by him to a remarkable degree. …
Early May saw some small cracks in that support, mostly among the Republican governors who did not side with Trump on re-opening up the economy early. …
As I predicted in May, if voters moved away from Trump so would other Republican leaders and that has come to pass. In two months, Trump’s re-election fortunes have moved downhill with polls showing Biden leading Trump nationally (in some cases by double digits). More polls showed Biden leading Trump in key states and even states Trump won by significant margins in 2016. Finally, second-quarter numbers showing Biden raising more money than Trump for the second month in a row.
And with every drop in the polls, the cracks in Trump’s solid Republican Party grow larger. CONT.
Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution