The next presidential election is several eternities away from now in terms of politics. Only a fool would try to predict the form of the political conversation in three years, much less a few months in the unpredictable Trump era.
But we do know the next election will offer Americans new choices on the right and the left. There won’t be a Trump, a Clinton or a Bush anywhere near the ballot.
About half of Americans said in a new CNN Poll that the 2028 presidential election has been on their mind at least somewhat. At Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Arizona last weekend, the conservative group’s leader Erika Kirk all but endorsed Vice President JD Vance, even though he has not launched a campaign.
Assuming he does run, Vance will have to hold together President Donald Trump’s fragile voter coalition — cracks were on display at Turning Point — and fend off other Republicans who want their shot at the White House.
I talked to CNN’s Eric Bradner, who covers Republicans, about the current state of play, who we expect to launch a 2020 presidential campaign and where the party will head in the looming post Trump era.
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