“I think other Republicans have a better chance.”
Better than the Republican who has turned out more voters in a general election than any other Republican in history?
I think not.
I know it’s the conventional wisdom that a more moderate candidate could appeal to the independents and get more votes, but it won’t work out that way. You get most of your votes from energizing the base that already agrees with you to just turn out. And Trump does that in spades. Plus he seems to appeal more to independents than any moderate GOP candidate ever has. So it looks like the conventional wisdom is quite flawed.
Trump energizes the Democrat base far more than he does his own