President-elect Donald Trump was elected by the broadest political coalition of any Republican presidential nominee in decades, but he will soon discover how big the tent can be while governing.
Trump’s supporters in the 2024 election ranged from hardcore Republicans to people who had never backed a GOP presidential ticket before. His voters included the residents of right-to-work states and blue-collar workers, some of whom belong to labor unions; hawks who want to confront Iran as well as China and doves who want no more wars; tariff-hiking economic nationalists and anti-tax government-slashing libertarians.
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