All of the races from 1992-2012 were NEVER hard.
We just either got lucky or botched it with weak candidates.
When you get people that don’t act like the GOPE, you “magically” do better.
As a now former democrat (since March), who voted for Reagan both times, I maintain that Trump is one of the three strongest republican nominees in my lifetime. They are Nixon, Reagan and, of course, Trump. I did vote for Bush 41 twice and Bush 43 once, each time with virtually no enthusiasm.
There is not a doubt in my mind that Trump will do everything possible to emerge victorious. He has a reputation as a winner and his people instincts are uncanny. He has a marvelous rapport with average people and knows what at stake. That’s his rationale for running. He just got so frustration with McCain and Mittens’ failures, he concluded that he had to “do it himself!!” This attitude and his innate genius will NOT allow him to screw this election!!