Republicans like Pence better than Trump. That’s unprecedented.

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Martin Wattenberg, professor of political science at UCI, [writes]: “On a recent episode of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Colin Jost opened the news segment by saying, ‘Obviously, Trump’s not done yet, but let’s just say that Mike Pence is definitely warming up in the bullpen.’ The (presumably liberal) studio audience in New York applauded - probably because they believe that any ‘normal’ Republican would be better than Trump. Indeed, polls show that Democrats prefer Pence over Trump.”

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