Posted on 10/07/2015 6:10:41 AM PDT by Isara
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas got an early start to the 2016 presidential campaign in March by being the first of what would become a vast field to announce his candidacy. Now, he has turned that starting advantage into a sprawling ground game.
For every county in the first four voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, the Cruz campaign has locked down county chairs in charge of not just lending their names to the campaign, but of spearheading outreach and organizing efforts.
“The only way we will turn our country around is through a grass-roots uprising of the American people, and I’m grateful for the many courageous conservatives in the early states who have stepped forward to lead that grass-roots movement,” Mr. Cruz said in a statement on Tuesday.
The focus on the ground game should come as no surprise, as the Cruz campaign has been heavily focused on building leadership teams, including in the United States Virgin Islands, and even sending operatives as far as Guam and Samoa to look for potential support. It has also focused on building issue-based teams in the early states, such as their “99 Iowa Pastors” initiative, which seeks to tap into the networks to build more grass-roots support.
The large list of county chairs further emphasized the conservative grass-roots support that has followed Mr. Cruz since his announcement, with small-dollar fund-raisers powering his $10 million haul in the second quarter.
The campaign has not released their numbers for the latest quarter, however.
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LOL please don’t use that term.
This is how Ted Cruz eventually defeats (bests)Donald Trump in 2016 ...
Cruz does an awful lot of things right.
Hooray!
With all that effort I can’t figure his low polling. There must be some backroom forces at work. Still, he looks like he’s in it for the long haul, more power to him.
From your mouth to God’s ear!
Ground game counts.
Cruz gets it and has a very good one.
I’ve been backing him from the beginning! If everyone reading this and supporting him would send him a few bucks along, it sure would help…..
I was amazed that he got 800 people out to see him in ultra liberal Kalamazoo Michigan the other day at 9 AM no less.
Come on in Mitt or whomever wants to get their @$$ handed to them on a "Ted Cruz for President" cardboard poster!
Feb, 2016 - 133 delegates in the first four early states and then the chase begins....
SuperDuper Tuesday: March 1, 2016 (Delegates/Bound delegates) 565 bound delegates
March 5, 2016 (145 bound delegates)
March 6, 2016 (23 bound delegates)
March 8, 2016 (140 bound delegates)
March 12, 2016 (19 bound delegates)
Super Tuesday: March 15, 2016 (361 bound delegates)
The poll watchers may be surprised to find that polling doesn't correspond to votes, especially polls with an agenda. The race is a marathon and we are a long way from the first vote being counted, early leads mean little, especially while so many candidates remain. The support for Cruz is not a passing fancy, but passionate because he is the champion of the people with a demonstrated history of conservative philosophy and the backbone to engage the fight.
He had low polling in Texas. Wasn’t supposed to win but won handily.
He is a rock star. Keeps coming here and I keep missing him.
Amen
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