Trump's voter turnout operation in swing states is too small, GOP worries
Source: The Guardian
Mon 9 Sep 2024 09.00 EDT
Republican officials are raising the alarm that Donald Trump’s campaign has invested far fewer resources for its voter turnout operation in battleground states than previous presidential election races, and attempts to bridge the gap with political action committees have come too late.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) once envisioned an extensive field operation for the 2024 election, including having about 90 staffers in the must-win state of Pennsylvania.
But the Trump campaign scrapped those plans when it took over the RNC in March, redirecting the focus on field operations to combating supposed voter fraud and pursuing a twin voter turnout strategy of relying on several political action committees and ardent Trump volunteers.
The result has been that the Trump campaign has put fewer resources into its ground game in battleground states, according to people familiar with the matter – and Republican officials have derisively said the Trump operation is more comparable in size to a midterm cycle than a presidential.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/trump-campaign-rnc-ground-game-pacs

pat_k
(11,085 posts)His only interest is in setting the stage to instigate violence against election workers if counts are in Harris's favor.
It's not about turnout, it's about overturning.
He declared this himself.
ColinC
(11,098 posts)Paid canvassers may not have a horse in the race or care about the outcome so are more likely to fraudulently check off the boxes and get paid instead of actually knocking on the doors.
It is also possibly indicative of their overall enthusiasm. If they are not able to get people to volunteer to canvass, that sentiment is probably widespread among his larger group of support.
IronLionZion
(48,280 posts)that some of his supporters might not see the value in voting
central scrutinizer
(12,523 posts)To glower at POC voters to intimidate them.
truthisfreedom
(23,373 posts)and bullshit lawsuits to try to game the system. He knows he’s lost it fair and square already.
Lonestarblue
(12,499 posts)Their message to Trump with the immunity ruling was pretty clear that they’re supporting him.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)brewens
(15,359 posts)legal bills, it's the highest percentage of donations ever squandered. It's probably not even close.
I'm wondering if a lot of their voter suppression plans bomb or get ratted out because people aren't getting paid?
groundloop
(12,725 posts)
sheshe2
(90,990 posts)He went on to call mail-in ballots “treacherous” and ballot drop boxes “horrible.”
And Trump wasn’t done there. During a panel discussion hosted by a Black pastor in Detroit, Trump claimed nearly unanimous support from the heads of historically Black colleges and universities:
I think all of them are voting for Trump ... I’d say 99% of them. And if they aren’t — I don’t know what the hell the other side did — but we’ll start an investigation or something, OK?
These claims are two branches of the same conspiratorial tree.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-detroit-black-voters-2024-election-rcna157549
Drum
(10,179 posts)
tanyev
(45,919 posts)EarthFirst
(3,580 posts)…cash that TSF doesn’t intend to spend on such trivial pursuits.
Autumn
(47,624 posts)They are only doing free outdoor venues it seems like.
walznotwalls
(92 posts)if you know what i mean!