Posted on 03/13/2020 10:19:10 PM PDT by caww
Republicans operatives are confident President Trump has the upper hand over his Democratic opposition.
The Trump campaign entered the 2020 contest with a critical infrastructure advantage after spending spent last year building an extensive field and data program and deploying more than 800 paid staff and volunteers to key battleground states. But even with the switch to virtual campaigning, to avoid excessive person-to-person contact to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Republican insiders say the president’s eventual Democratic challenger will begin the general election at a significant operational deficit.
“This situation helps Trump a great deal,” said Jim Dornan, a Republican strategist. “The voter-contact his campaign is doing is so technologically advanced, it's going to make it even harder for the Democrats to catch up.”
In place of peer-to-peer contact, generally considered the most effective of turnout methods, the Trump campaign is going to lean on its “Army for Trump” website and related upcoming smart phone app. The RNC also uses several digital tools that enable its field volunteers to keep in touch with targeted voters.
The RNC voter registration program also is also going virtual, with plans to contact thousands of Americans who have attended Trump campaign rallies and expressed support for the president.
“With our field organization largely built out and over half a million volunteers already engaged, we are in an incredibly strong position to activate an aggressive digital and virtual political operation," RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
He could probably schedule occasional online rallies and attract tens of thousands to watch.
His regular rallies typically draw between 40,000 and 150,000 online viewers in addition to the 10s of thousands who attend in person.
Donald Trump interview 1980 (Rona Barrett) [Reelin’ In The Years Archives]
I think it was a disservice to the voting public not to have seen this before 2016.
Wow...Trump has ALWAYS been a patriot and a man of vision and wisdom.
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