Help me follow your reasoning. Because of the Republicans’ stance on free trade, Duncan Hunter won’t get the nod because most of the people who would vote for him will otherwise vote Democrat?
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Free-traders are a very small minority of voters, even in the Republican Party. How many times in the debates has trade been brought up? The issue is quietly swept under the rug.
Yet (up to this point) protectionist Republican candidates fail at the national level.