But the Republican party did nominate Trump over 16 other pretenders to the throne so why do you think any of the others would be fairing better against the Clinton campaign amongst Republican voters than the guy who got millions more votes in the primary? Trump is who the Republicans voted for already. He is saying brazenly and out loud what they have been whispering to themselves for decades now. All of the wannabes that Trump defeated were flawed with the "establishment" label that has become the target of the base of the Republican party. Anybody other than a brash, boorish, insultingly racist, misogynist could not and did not get elected by the party base who turned out for the primary election. Trump is the culmination of thirty years of right wing bloviators like Limbaugh and Hannity who spew their hatred and fear to millions of poor, naive souls on a daily basis and the base is eating it up. Republicans love him for being so crude and rude and no other candidate fit that bill.