“But in terms of sheer exuberance and power of his personality, he’s gonna be extremely formidable.”
Especially against Marxists who want to raise taxes, ban guns and have open borders.
Most don’t seem to understand:
There is a narrow band of voting precincts around each city.
This band can be swayed right or left.
If about 5% of voters are swayed, the band is swayed, and the state is swayed.
Key issues that can sway this group are taxes, guns, and borders. These people are not big on these issues, but make the issue big enough (significantly raise taxes, ban guns, open borders) and they’ll sway right, or (slash spending, unrestricted guns, seal borders) left.
Notice that the Democrat rhetoric has been extreme, while Trump’s has been (in fact) moderate. He has soundbites galore to slam every conceivable nominee with. They’re going to have a hard time moving to the theCenter for general election, after going on record so much at the extremes.