What Republicans need to win In 2020
by Tim Chapman
| June 26, 2019 10:14 AM
President Trump is officially running for reelection. As he declared in his campaign launch rally, “we are going to keep on winning, winning, winning.â€
Well, not so fast. The coalition that elected him in 2016 is far from a lock heading into 2020. Then, Trump ran as the anti-establishment outsider appealing to restless conservatives, suburbanites, and working-class voters — the latter relative newcomers to the GOP and essential to the party’s future. Not only did they elect Trump, they sent Republican majorities to Congress too.
But two and a half years later, the coalition is hungry for more. While most are pleased with the progress of the past two years, a growing number doubt the Republican Party can help Trump deliver on his biggest promises. In the eyes of too many Trump voters, the Democrats are offering a sweeping vision for America’s future, while the GOP is stuck in the past.
In 2016, Trump showed the Republican Party the way forward. He put his finger on the issues that mobilized a movement. He promised to defend the culture from coastal elites, fix a broken immigration system, and restore the nation’s wealth and workforce. This message of American workers, American heritage, and America’s middle class clearly resonated with voters.
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