Donald Trump as a political paradox

IMAGINE that you are a Republican political strategist who is being asked to assess the chances of the current Republican presidential candidates (a very long list) of winning the GOP presidential nomination next year.

Well, you start focusing on the demographics and the political biases of the kind of Republicans who tend to take part in their party's presidential primaries. They are usually older and more conservative than other Republicans and most Americans.

In a way, those who belong to the political "base" of the Republican Party share a sense of resentment of the economic and cultural elites of New York and Hollywood, reflecting their populist sentiments. They are devout Christians who attend church on a regular basis and they frown on divorce, abortion, gay lifestyle, nightclubs and casinos. They are very patriotic Americans who treat with a lot of respect those who served in the military and fought for their nation.