Welcome to Genesis Brand’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): We’re still more than three years away from November 2024, which means we have no idea who is actually running in 2024 — although we are already busy watching what potential candidates do — but it’s not too early for us to make some terrible (and not so terrible) picks as to who will win the 2024 GOP nomination in our first waaaayyy too early 2024 draft.
It’s been a while, so the rules are as follows: Four rounds, so between the five of us, 20 potential 2024 Republican nominees, and we’ll be doing a 🐍 snake-style 🐍 draft. And remember, the goal is to pick the actual nominee.
The order is:
- Geoffrey
- Nathaniel
- Alex
- Nate
- Sarah
And I used random.org to determine the order (so it’s clearly not rigged).
geoffrey.skelley (Geoffrey Skelley, elections analyst): I get the boring pick.
sarah: It’s so funny to me that everyone thinks there is already an obvious choice for 2024. 🤔
alex (Alex Samuels, politics reporter): Don’t steal my pick, Nathaniel!
nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, elections analyst): I’m stealing it, Alex!
sarah: Alright, Geoffrey. You’re up!! What is this obvious pick of yours?
alex: 👀
geoffrey.skelley: The Republican Party is currently the party of one Donald J. Trump. So while we’re still a couple years away from presidential campaign announcements, I think I have to pick the former president.
It’s too early to go crazy about polls, but Morning Consult found in February that