Electoralism/Democratism

Does Anyone Stand a Chance Against Trump?

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In this week’s issue, Olivia Nuzzi takes to the campaign trail to survey the GOP primary hangers-on — but in fact, there is no “campaign trail,” not in the traditional sense. Every candidate is chasing Trump, who looms large over the race. In a way, the candidates are all content creators, supporting players in the background of The Trump Show. “They tiptoe around the major issues, living in fear of the front-runner whom they have to kill off if they are to have any chance, waiting instead for him to die of natural causes,” Nuzzi writes. “They attack Biden or Kamala Harris, or they attack one another, and when they do attack Trump, with rare exceptions, they seem to wince.”
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