'Not inevitable': GOP strategist shows how another Republican could beat Trump

Trump's not a shoe-in.

Despite dominating the polls and remaining the sun at the center of the GOP galaxy (despite being no-shows at every debate so far in the campaign), the 45th president still has work to do to knock out contenders vying for his party's nomination and ultimately the Oval Office.

"He' not inevitable but he's pretty close," GOP strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson said during a Tuesday appearance on CNN's "Out Front" with Wolf Blitzer who was filling in for Erin Burnett. "He's definitely the favorite and his lead is very large."

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The former president, who is defending himself in multiple jurisdictions around the country in both civil and criminal cases — continues to outperform every conservative that is trying to defeat him for the GOP nomination.

Fueling his favorability, Soltis Anderson suggests, is the fact that Trump is simply no match for the crowded field of rivals in the contest.

"At this point, the best thing that he has going for him is that there are so many other people in the race that it's hard for non-Trump Republicans to consolidate around a single candidate."

"So as long as both Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley stay in the race — that's the best thing that can happen to Donald Trump."

The competition shrunk over the weekend when former Vice President Mike Pence called it quits.

His exit marks the first major contender in the race to suspend their campaigns.

In a recent CNN poll, 67% of likely GOP primary voters in South Carolina say Trump's legal troubles and jeopardy to go to jail aren't relevant to his fitness to run.

Political strategist Ashley Allison chimed in and is convinced that whatever happens with Trump's legal travails, even if he's found guilty in the four indictments, it won't affect his base of fervent MAGA supporters.

"Especially after multiple indictments have come down what we saw when those indictments fell was that his poll numbers went up, his fundraising went up," she said during the panel with Blitzer. "Voters are saying even if he's found guilty it doesn't matter; that seems to the the trend and it's really telling where Republican voters are and will most likely help him secure the nomination."

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