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About that Donald Trump ground game: Twice as many Iowans say Ted Cruz has contacted them
Washington Post ^ | January 27, 2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 01/27/2016 6:45:13 PM PST by GodGunsGuts

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Maybe Trump will hold that lead over the next few days, who knows? As a perpetual reminder, Rick Santorum trailed in Iowa by 15 points a week before he won the caucuses in 2012, so it's very smart to assume that things could change dramatically.

But polling often does a poor job of predicting one of the most important aspects of what will happen on the night of the caucuses: Who will turn out and for whom. I've been on a bit of a kick to this effect for a few days now, but I can't reinforce it enough. If Trump or Cruz can't get their people to the polls, an easy race can become a close race and a close race can become a disaster.

We noted on Tuesday that Trump's base in Iowa is less likely to turn out...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; ineligible; trump
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To: GodGunsGuts

Cruz has hundrends on the ground in Iowa daily contacting voters in Iowa. Trump just holds rallies then flies back to New York. Guess he’s more interested in daily tweeting than staying in Iowa daily till the caucus vote


61 posted on 01/27/2016 7:11:27 PM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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To: JoSixChip; WENDLE

Yes, NOOB, he is. You seem very confused.
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Look who is calling who a noob. Jeez, you crack me up.
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WENDLE signed up 7/4/2015 — pretty NOOB to me; likely came here in support of his messiah, IMHO.


62 posted on 01/27/2016 7:11:55 PM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

So it was Trump the created the Putin press release that FOX sent out? Was it Trump that hired the Muslim and alien activist plants ?

Have inside info on that?


63 posted on 01/27/2016 7:11:55 PM PST by austinaero
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To: DannyTN

LOL!


64 posted on 01/27/2016 7:12:48 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: WENDLE

About your tagline: the borrower is slave to the lender. Trump owes BILLIONS.


65 posted on 01/27/2016 7:12:52 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: GodGunsGuts

Biblical metaphors won’t make Cruz anymore palatable to the voters. It doesn’t blind them to the realities of who Cruz is or his behavior.


66 posted on 01/27/2016 7:13:22 PM PST by KGeorge
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To: tallyhoe

Ted Cruz has 12,000 volunteers, 880 precinct captions, 800 drivers for caucus nite!!!


Yet Cruz could only scrape together a couple hundred people for a rally in Iowa today. And that’s after billing it as a “Pro Life” rally. Some numbers not adding up here.


67 posted on 01/27/2016 7:13:47 PM PST by lodi90 (TRUMP Force 1 lifting off)
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To: austinaero

Inside their heads....that’s where their *info* comes from.

This is getting funnier by the minute, with some of these posts :)


68 posted on 01/27/2016 7:14:30 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Iowa, Schmiowa.

“What do Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney and John McCain all have in common? All of these politicians went on to win their party’s presidential nomination after losing the Iowa caucus.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0126/How-the-Iowa-caucus-predicts-presidential-losers-not-winners


69 posted on 01/27/2016 7:15:15 PM PST by Rebelbase (A new batch of harpies has hatched in time for the 2016 election.)
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To: Red Steel

Hey, I’ve seen that guy...

LOL

Not really.


70 posted on 01/27/2016 7:15:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: austinaero

Not questioning that Fox does not like Trump . . . just wondering if it helps him to bypass the voters. Trump is not a strong Christian - if one at all. As others have suggested to me in the past; however, we are electing a president - not a pastor.

Iowans are none for their biblical stand and they will ask questions.

I notice that Hillary also avoids ‘uncomfortable’ places.


71 posted on 01/27/2016 7:15:54 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Aria

And some attend his rallies to throw things at,him.


72 posted on 01/27/2016 7:16:35 PM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: Red Steel

That’s what the Trump canvassers hear all day, over and over from loyal Cruz for President households! Trump is losing his people hand over fist to the Cruz campaign this way!


73 posted on 01/27/2016 7:17:25 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

We noted on Tuesday that Trump’s base in Iowa is less likely to turn out...

Except thank God that Trump has Santorum’s Iowa Campaign Manager from 2012 who gave Santorum the win. He knows Iowa like the back of his hand. After hearing this, we are in good shape. Don’t worry about Trump. He is going to win Iowa.


74 posted on 01/27/2016 7:17:35 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Hostage

They also ran the same platform and not the Club for Growth platform.


75 posted on 01/27/2016 7:17:48 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal (Savage BLASTS Megyn Kelly, Fox News Over Treatment Of Trump)
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To: GodGunsGuts
I have read article after article about how many in his audience start streaming toward the exits ...

Just curious. You keep posting this, but never seem to have any links to verify..

Would it be safe to assume they are all from RedState?

76 posted on 01/27/2016 7:18:07 PM PST by digger48
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To: GodGunsGuts

I’ve watched various rallies and haven’t seen that...but we’re about to start finding out.


77 posted on 01/27/2016 7:18:19 PM PST by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: GodGunsGuts
That's because we are fired up! That's why the Donald is gonna get BURNED come February 1st!

I suspect you will be back to hanging out at DU after Monday. But I will also not be surprised if you lack the shame not to show your face here again. Anybody that could act the fool as well as you can, obviously left shame behind long ago.
78 posted on 01/27/2016 7:18:59 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - losers are not winners)
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To: GodGunsGuts

So nbc = citizen at birth? If so then why make the distinction? Why the new term?

Too bad Churchill never ran!


79 posted on 01/27/2016 7:19:10 PM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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. . .And I got twice as many emails from Ted and Heidi asking for $$ than anyone else’s campaign. Sometimes 4-5 a day. I found it pretty damn annoying. Unsubscribe.


80 posted on 01/27/2016 7:19:48 PM PST by Jenny217
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