How does Trump win the election?

@Subsumedpat He may not even get the nomination, assuming he runs at all. The anti-Trump wing of the GOP is expanding.

@Lila15 But only for someone not being Trump enough.

@Lila15 In states where it is allowed I heard many Democrats plan to vote in the Republician primary against him should he run.

@Subsumedpat That's technically illegal, but hard to prove. Someone could always say they changed their mind.

This assumes, of course, that Biden runs again and there's no contest on the Democratic side. If AOC runs, then all bets are off.

@Lila15 It is not illegal at all, my state does not require you to declare a party, you simply decide which primary you want to vote in and go to the machine with that label.

@Subsumedpat It is illegal in some states to change your registration just to mess with the other party, although I don't know if anyone has ever been prosecuted for this. I do know that in 2008, Rush Limbaugh urged his listeners to register as Democrats and vote for Hillary in their primary in order to drag out the conflict between her and Obama as long as possible. It wasn't necessary for them to vote in the Republican primary as McCain was the sure winner by then. I don't know if anyone actually did this.

I have heard of people crossing party lines for this reason, especially in states where you can just ask for whatever party ballot you want. But I don't know if it's ever had an effect.

@Lila15 they do it sometimes where I live because you don't have to register, you simply tell them when you vote in the primary which party ballot you want.

@Subsumedpat It would be interesting to know if that affected any election by nominating a poor candidate.