# Going forward, will Repub candidates still need Trump's endorsement?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [November 10, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-forward-will-repub-candidates-still-need-trumps-endorsement/974696 "2022-11-10T17:01:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-forward-will-repub-candidates-still-need-trumps-endorsement/974696/6 "2022-11-10T17:41:02Z")

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trump’s influence on the party will finally be gone when his hardcore base deserts him. Anecdotes like this from the ’ [Did the GOP underperform this election cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-gop-underperform-this-election-cycle/974669)’ thread are encouraging:

> [@Did the GOP underperform this election cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-gop-underperform-this-election-cycle/974669/14):
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> For what it’s worth, the guys at the bar I go to were all blaming the lack of a red wave solely on Trump and expressed a unanimous opinion that it’s time for him to ‘go away’. These were all fervent Trump supporters a year or so ago.

My own 20 year old son, who is a hardcore right-winger and a former trump acolyte, is a good bellwether of wingnut trends, and has been saying that trump is done and that Desantis is the future of the party since months before the midterms.

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