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Why are GOP Presidential Candidates Competing for the Silver Medal?

Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis continue to battle for second place. Do you know why?

Libby Winkler
4 min readJan 8, 2024
Photo by Jeff Griffith on Unsplash

The race for president of the United States is well underway.

The field is full, yet the outcome seems certain to many.

Despite the likely outcome, the crowded field is not thinning as one may expect. Instead, those not named Donald Trump continue to battle on with no quit in sight.

They are campaigning for second place.

Why?

Why are the GOP presidential candidates competing for the Silver Medal?

The 2024 presidential race is already starting to shape up, and as always, we are witnessing competition for the top spot between the two major political parties. However, what is confusing to many is the strange behavior among GOP presidential candidates. They seem more interested in competing for the silver medal than going for gold.

Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis continue to battle for second place. Do you know why?

The primary race is the platform where voters and political parties select their preferred candidate for the general election. In the case…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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