GOP Splits Over Post-Trump Path - WSJ - 0 views
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In Wall Street Journal/NBC News surveys throughout 2020, a majority of about 60% of Republicans described themselves as supporters of the president rather than supporters of the GOP itself, and Mr. Trump earned a near-100% approval rating among those voters.
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Many GOP lawmakers and strategists said Mr. Trump had helped the party by cementing its relationship with working-class voters while promoting an agenda of low-tax, center-right policies that could help the GOP regain support among suburban voters turned off by the president’s personal style. They pointed to the many GOP House candidates who drew more support than the president in the 2020 elections as evidence that the two voter groups can be bridged and that candidates can build coalitions that don’t rely heavily on Mr. Trump.
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“Some of the suburban voters have been turned off for four years by Donald Trump’s manner and style,” said Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.). “But they don’t want their taxes raised. They don’t want the police defunded. They don’t want open borders. In the meantime, the same policies appeal to a lot of the new voters who have joined our party over the last five years.”
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