Donald Trump has made himself synonymous with the Republican Party, creating an asymmetrical disadvantage compared to Democrats who can differentiate themselves from their party's national brand.

“Republicans cannot pull off this trick because Trump has made himself synonymous with the Republican party as a concept. This puts the GOP at a major asymmetrical disadvantage when their Trump loyalists are put up against a candidate who is not an incoherent 80-year-old man or one of his deadenders”