Republicans believe the 2024 race is already over and that former President will be elected back to the White House, according to political analyst Mark Halperin. A significant number of have declared the presidential race "effectively over," agreeing with Halperin that Trump will "checkmate" Vice President with a combination of four to five swing states, the analyst said Tuesday on independent television platform 2Way. "Trump is going to lock up the Sun Belt states, probably all four, but at least three.
And then he's going to win Pennsylvania, and that checkmates [Harris]," Halperin told the platform. "They may be wrong. But there's a not insignificant number of them who are quite confident of that.
And the data they've seen on the absentees and the early votes and the voter registration ...
makes them more confident." He added that he doesn't know "a single Democrat" who has that same feeling about the Electoral College, saying that some believe Harris can win certain battleground states, but have not expressed confidence that she can win on a national level. on Tuesday reached out to the Harris campaign and via email and text for comment.
"That doesn't mean Harris is going to lose, but it is an asymmetry in my reporting that comes from a variety of people connected to the campaigns and not connected to the campaigns," Halperin said. The correspondent was the first to report that President would drop out of the 2024 race, days before he announced his decision. On July 18, .