On Election Day in 2016, the Republican Party was divided against itself, split over its nominee for president, Donald J. Trump. In New Hampshire, the party chairman harbored deep, if largely private, misgivings about her party’s nominee. The Republican Party of Florida was listing, hobbled by local feuds and a rift between donors loyal to Senator Marco Rubio and former Gov. It is, in every institutional sense, Mr. Trump’s party. The campaign has dispatched aides to state party conclaves, Republican executive committee meetings and fund-raising dinners, all with the aim of ensuring the delegates at next year’s convention in Charlotte, N.C., are utterly committed to Mr. Trump.

Source: New York Times April 03, 2019 09:00 UTC