This is not an attack post or critical, but just a request to understand. What does "the ground game" CONSIST of? Is it TALKING to a delegate and changing their mind to represent another candidate than the one they were with on the primary ballot?
Under regulations established in the 1980s, delegates cannot take money from corporations, labor unions, federal contractors or foreign nationals. But an individual donor is permitted to give a delegate unlimited sums to support his or her efforts to get selected to go to the convention, including money to defray the costs of travel and lodging.