If it were a standard election cycle, I’d say the Dems would have a hard time winning, based on 1 simple thing....
15 years of stagnant wages.
That alone makes the party in power highly unlikely to win re-election regardless of their candidate. However, given how weak the GOP field was this cycle, the dems might have even been able to overcome this had Trump not wound up the nominee.
With Trump as the nominee, however.... no way they have any shot at a win.
Yes, with the persistently sluggish economy it should be a slam dunk for the GOP. But the trouble with Republicans is that they are always in defensive mode and exhibit weakness. And you can’t score points when you’re always playing defense. The only way to beat the Dems is to go on offense and put THEM on the defensive. Trump innately knows how to do that. And he is already succeeding.
The rest of the GOP is slowing learning by watching him in action. Albeit very slowly and cautiously. They are really a bunch of pathetic losers and its going to take awhile to whip them into shape. ;)
“...15 years of stagnant wages.”
Worse, much worse than stagnant.