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Opinion: Harris might win because Republicans picked the wrong guy

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16.10.2024

We're weeks away from the presidential election, and Republican nominee Donald Trump's campaign narrowly trails Vice President Kamala Harris nationally in the polls as each candidate sprints to the finish.

This is a close race. And while that might not be surprising now, it's something very few Republicans would have predicted in the days before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race this summer.

That means Republicans might be asking ourselves why. Why is this election so close?

The more Trump speaks, the more Americans are reminded of his deficiencies as a candidate, both in character and coherence. Many Republicans are also likely left wondering what could have been if somebody like Sen. JD Vance of Ohio were at the top of the GOP ticket and not Trump.

I know this is a ridiculous hypothetical. Vance was never involved in the GOP primary, opting instead to use his loyalty to Trump to launch his national brand as VP candidate. Even so, I can't help but imagine what the race would look like if Republicans had rejected Trump in the primaries and chosen a different Republican candidate instead.

In such a favorable political climate, Republicans would've been wise to play it safe and........

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