{"id":2000124,"date":"2023-08-14T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:47:04","slug":"gop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP consultants warn of potential turnout disaster in 2024 without Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Consultants Fear Turnout Catastrophe Without Trump on 2024 Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>Republican consultants are sounding the alarm, warning that if former President Donald Trump is not on the ballot in 2024, it could spell disaster\u2064 for the GOP&#8217;s turnout next \u200byear. While\u200b Trump currently leads\u200d the pack of Republican \u200cpresidential \u2062candidates in \u2064opinion polls, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-hauls-in-1-5-million-amid-indictment-fervor\/\" title=\"Trump campaign hauls in .5 million amid indictment fervor\">mounting legal issues<\/a> may\u2062 prevent him from running. He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot\/\" title=\"GOP consultants warn of potential turnout disaster in 2024 without Trump.\">indicted multiple times<\/a> on state and federal\u200d charges, \u2064creating uncertainty about\u2063 his\u2062 candidacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe conventional \u200cwisdom is there\u2019s concern that if Trump\u2019s not the\u200c nominee, his coalition will\u200b take their ball\u2063 and go home,\u201d said Matt Dole, a Republican strategist in Ohio. \u201cFolks are interested in how \u200dthat plays out, and \u200cso I think right now, they would be happy if Trump\u2019s \u2062the nominee\u2014in Ohio, \u2064it\u2019s not true across the country\u2014because\u200c then his coalition will turn out in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Unique Coalition<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former aide in the U.S. Senate,\u200c emphasized the\u2063 importance of Trump&#8217;s coalition for the GOP&#8217;s success. He stated, \u201cIf somehow he\u2019s not the nominee, \u200bit will\u200b hurt \u2063turnout.\u200d He\u2019s got a unique coalition.\u200b He brings a lot of nontraditional voters to the Republican Party.&#8221; Darling expressed concerns \u200cthat without these Trump \u2062supporters showing up to vote, it will be difficult\u2063 for the GOP to win key \u200dstates like Ohio\u2063 and other \u200dMidwestern states.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump\u200b Holds Comfortable Lead<\/h2>\n<p>A recent\u2064 poll conducted by I&#038;I\/TIPP shows that Trump is far ahead of other potential Republican candidates, leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the second-place contender, by a significant margin. Another poll by The \u2063New York Times\/Siena also indicates Trump&#8217;s lead over DeSantis nationally.\u2063 These \u2063numbers suggest that Trump has a strong chance of securing the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>David Paleologos, the head of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, highlighted the potential turnout woes for Republicans. \u200dHe revealed that approximately 40 percent of GOP voters who have already made up \u200dtheir minds about the 2024 election are firmly behind Trump. Paleologos stated, \u201cConservatively, it looks like 4 out of 10. I haven\u2019t \u2064seen\u200c many polls where he&#8217;s below \u200b40 [percent].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about\u200b voter turnout are not limited to Republicans. Vice President Kamala Harris recently expressed her worries about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-on-failing-to-extend-eviction-moratorium-we-cannot-in-good-faith-blame-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"AOC On Failing To Extend Eviction Moratorium: \u2018We Cannot In Good Faith Blame The Republican Party\u2019\">voter suppression efforts<\/a> and the impact they may have on turnout. She stated, \u201cI\u2019m worried about it\u2062 because I also know that there has been a lot of effort and laws that\u200b have been passed to try and make it more difficult for people to vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Other Details<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to\u2062 the turnout concerns, Trump is currently facing three criminal \u200dtrials in New York City, Washington,\u200c and Miami. Furthermore, a district attorney in Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County is expected to bring additional charges against him related \u200bto his post-2020 election activities.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has refused \u200cto\u2063 pledge his support to the eventual Republican nominee if he does not secure the nomination himself. This decision has drawn criticism, particularly from Ron DeSantis, who signed a loyalty oath to the Republican National Committee. The GOP\u2064 worries that this lack of unity could further impact voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u200b uncertainties and legal challenges, Trump remains \u200ca dominant force\u200c within the Republican Party. The GOP&#8217;s ability to mobilize his coalition will be crucial for their success in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is crucial to mobilizing the Republican base, and without him, the party may struggle to energize voters. However, Trump&#8217;s legal troubles might prevent him from running in 2024, posing a significant challenge for the GOP&#8217;s chances of success in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2000125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}