Posted on 03/13/2019 3:58:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is preparing an early focus on Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, states that were instrumental to his improbable 2016 victory but where his support has softened, two campaign advisers said.
The decision to accelerate campaign organising and eventually get the Republican president to make trips to the three states is a recognition that Trump’s path to re-election in 2020 will need to repeat some of the successes he had in 2016.
Advisers also see a need to bolster Trump’s support in Florida, a battleground state he considers his second home but where opinion polls show him struggling.
They also see an opportunity for gains in Minnesota and Colorado, two states Trump narrowly lost. The Trump team views those states as competitive places where the president can go on offence, according to the advisers, who asked not to be named so they could speak freely about the campaign strategy.
With 20 months to go until the November 2020 presidential election, Trump and his campaign team are still getting organised for what is expected to be a tough battle for a second four-year term.
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Democrats now hold three of the four House seats in Iowa too. Don’t assume that they are safe anymore.
Not that long ago, a study of UAW Union employees working building cars was shown that their wager per hour covering all the payroll taxes & the pension costs was $68 an hour.
There isn’t a car built today that is worth that kind of hourly wage.
A Buick Enclave is being advertised locally-—and it’s price without ‘incentives’ is $55,495.
That is over twice the price I paid for my first house. It is 38% of the price I paid for the house I currently live in that is on 5.58 acres.
“their wager per hour covering all the payroll taxes & the pension costs was $68 an hour.”
I don’t have anything to compare that to. It sounds like a lot, but it includes Social Security/Medicare contributions, and I presume it includes health insurance. What do other employers pay when you include all the bennies and government “contributions?” An easier comparison, for me, would be their hourly wage.
I don’t see ever getting a Buick Enclave. Not a new one anyway. Actually, I don’t imagine ever getting another GM product.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
I’m so appalled at outcomes in my state of Virginia.
I do think that w/ the current Dem mess, there’s opportunity here for ‘20.
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