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Republicans in swing states worry that they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump: ‘I haven’t seen anybody’
The New York Post ^ | 09/22/2024 | AP

Posted on 09/22/2024 6:26:31 PM PDT by thegagline

Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party’s presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations.

Trump and the Republican National Committee he controls opted to share get-out-the-vote duties in key parts of the most competitive states this year with groups such as America PAC, the organization supported by billionaire Elon Musk.

It is difficult to demonstrate that something is not happening. But with fewer than 50 days until the Nov. 5 election, dozens of Republican officials, activists and operatives in Michigan, North Carolina and other battleground states say they have rarely or never witnessed the group’s canvassers. In Arizona and Nevada, the Musk-backed political action committee replaced its door-knocking company just this past week.

“I haven’t seen anybody,” said Nate Wilkowski, field director for the Republican Party in vote-rich Oakland County, Michigan, which includes crucial Detroit suburbs. He was speaking specifically of America PAC. “Nobody’s given me a heads-up that they’re around in Oakland County areas.

*** “I don’t know what the PACs are doing,” said Mark Forton, the GOP chair in Macomb County, Michigan, a populous, suburban area northeast of Detroit. “I don’t know if they are going door to door.” ***

Based on ad reservations for Harris and the leading super PAC supporting her, they are on track to spend nearly $175 million more than Trump’s campaign and the leading super PACs supporting him by Election Day. Harris’ campaign has outspent Trump’s on advertising by 2-to-1 since she entered the race on July 23, according to the media tracking firm AdImpact. ***

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1 posted on 09/22/2024 6:26:31 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Why should anybody be knocking on doors of Republican voters? they’re already registered.

We need to register people that aren’t affiliated with either party.


2 posted on 09/22/2024 6:31:43 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: thegagline

What do the internal polls say? Is the campaign too far ahead or behind there to make any difference? Is the campaign money being targeted to where is can actually help?


3 posted on 09/22/2024 6:32:11 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: thegagline

Who are the assassins?


4 posted on 09/22/2024 6:34:40 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: thegagline

Who has ever changed or made up their mind who to vote for because someone knocked on your door?

If it was a race I didn’t have much interest in I’d be sure to NOT vote for that candidate just because intrusion on my privacy.


5 posted on 09/22/2024 6:35:04 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: thegagline

Associated Pravda is building their narrative.


6 posted on 09/22/2024 6:35:42 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: bigbob

TPUSA is doing far more registrations on college campuses!


7 posted on 09/22/2024 6:36:17 PM PDT by princess leah ( )
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To: bigbob

“... I’d be sure to NOT vote for that candidate just because intrusion on my privacy.”

Well said.

Who are the assassins?


8 posted on 09/22/2024 6:38:33 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: thegagline

You are either in or out it’s very simple


9 posted on 09/22/2024 6:40:06 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: bigbob

“””Who has ever changed or made up their mind who to vote for because someone knocked on your door?”””

Human contact makes a difference and is why so many expensive products used to be sold door to door.


10 posted on 09/22/2024 6:51:43 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: bigbob

Considering the current political climate, knocking on someone’s door to talk about Trump could get you shot. Better have a body cam


11 posted on 09/22/2024 6:53:33 PM PDT by griswold3 ( Robespierre and Pol Pot were “unburdened by what has been” Harris the "Year Zero" candidate)
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To: thegagline

Just checked indeed. They are hiring canvassers in Maine and New Hampshire. Both sides.


12 posted on 09/22/2024 6:58:14 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe! Eph. 5:11)
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To: Varsity Flight

12th century Islamists.


13 posted on 09/22/2024 7:00:52 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: aynrandfreak

[Associated Pravda is building their narrative.]

Yep. Good and accurate name - Associated Pravda


14 posted on 09/22/2024 7:01:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: bigbob
Who has ever changed or made up their mind who to vote for because someone knocked on your door?

Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses do the door thing. Perhaps it works on a few malleable souls.

15 posted on 09/22/2024 7:03:35 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: griswold3

✔️


16 posted on 09/22/2024 7:05:30 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: thegagline

I never liked doorknockers regardless of what they’re peddling. It’s best to have a fenced perimeter, cameras, dogs etc. We unfortunately live in a world where unknowns entering your property uninvited should be seen as a serious potential threat.


17 posted on 09/22/2024 7:09:49 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: unclebankster

It has more to do with turnout than registration.


18 posted on 09/22/2024 7:10:32 PM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: Persevero

It has more to do with turnout than registration.

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“Got it.”

Thanks


19 posted on 09/22/2024 7:15:38 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: thegagline

Who wants to risk getting the door slammed on us, or worse?


20 posted on 09/22/2024 7:15:47 PM PDT by Joann37
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