As the calendar year of 2024 enters March most Americans are focused primarily on the upcoming St. Patrick’s holiday and the traditional seasonal festivities that occur around this time. In 2023, in yet another electoral cycle, Republicans across the United States fared poorly despite the ongoing electoral climates which have been routinely predicted to favor them. In places like Virginia and New Jersey (where the party had achieved significant gains in 2021 just two years prior) the GOP was crushed, losing sizeable portions of ground in both of these states’ legislative elections. In truth, the party has fared terribly since the former president Donald J Trump achieved an upset victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, and has been defeated in the 2018, 2020, and 2022 federal cycles.
Despite the possibility (and the likely reality) that Trump and his brand of conservative populist politics is unpopular amongst crucial portions of the American electorate (independents, moderates, and center leftists), the business and real estate mogul from New York City remains defiant and seeks the 2024 Republican nomination for the presidency. Trump seeks to redeem himself after his embarrassing 2020 defeat and is the clear frontrunner for the GOP nomination despite facing four criminal indictments. Trump currently commands a high 40-point lead over his only remaining challenger, Nikki Haley.
In a most recent development, progressives on Saturday Night Live decided to mock Trumps most recent pair of sneakers. Trump has introduced a new line of sneakers which cost $400 pair. He did this after being served a major loss in a New York State lawsuit which charged him with fraud and ordered him to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. As progressives continue to attack him, he remains the likely GOP presidential nominee in 2024 and the country continues to remain deadlocked in a tense political divide. Trump continues to win quite soundly in primaries as Super Tuesday fast approaches.
