Now, had Trump's gal won (and especially if she won bigly) that would be of greater significance.

On the radio side, it's because I have always found his voice incredibly annoying. On the printed quote side, it's because he is notoriously a liar of such incredible proportions that time spent reading anything he says is basically time wasted. One immediately has to assume that nothing in the quote can be taken seriously, and so what does that mean about the person / reporter / blogger who is providing those quotes? Best to skip ahead and avoid that painful conflict - maybe the reportage will provide a summary that establishes the writer's point or goal (as yours, thank you, does).

So given that I didn't read everything, I can't quite believe that the former president is really losing his existential hold on the party formerly known as Republican. As you admit, the data points are too sparse, and too small in variation, to be taken as anything more than noise at this point. I'll wait until the Party leaders actively contradict and disrespect him to their constituencies. And I won't hold my breath.

Biden's "dumb-assed message" is, in fact, a message for all the UNvaxxed "dumb-asses" in America.