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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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KEYWORDS: concerntroll; concerntrolling; getoutthevote; groundgamelame; hitthebricks; murdochpost; nevertrumppost
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To: dragnet2

I’m not a republican and what is this all day hostility from you about, it doesn’t seem to be about the thread topic.


81 posted on 09/23/2024 2:11:13 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: ansel12

Truth sounds like hostility to those who hate truth.


82 posted on 09/23/2024 2:33:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Dr. Sivana
after already being deported one force crime.

deported once for a crime?

83 posted on 09/24/2024 1:10:44 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: unclebankster
...they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump

So?

Do they see signs of groups door-knocking for Cackling Kamala and Tampon Tim?

84 posted on 09/24/2024 3:43:00 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: thegagline
Mormons want to to 'pray' to see if the Book of Mormon is true.

Why don't they want you to PRAY to see if the OTHER two Mormon scriptures are 'true'?

85 posted on 09/24/2024 3:45:18 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: kenmcg
I’m in a strong Trump area, but it’s loaded with Harris signs and a couple of Trump signs.

Me too, but there has been NO Kamala signs and lots of Trump signs.

(Central Indiana)

86 posted on 09/24/2024 3:47:35 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: House Atreides
Social Media is the DOOR to almost every home these days.
87 posted on 09/24/2024 3:49:52 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: thegagline

It seems we did have a very effective ground game.

Ballot Chasing Operations Led by Turning Point Action Made Difference in 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/12/ballot-chasing-operations-led-by-turning-point-action-made-difference-in-2024/

Exclusive: Turning Point Action Identifies 4.5 Million ‘Disengaged’ GOP Voters Across 10 Battleground States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/29/exclusive-turning-point-action-identifies-4-5-million-disengaged-gop-voters-across-10-battleground-states/

Bowyer says they have an army of professional “ballot chasers” full-time employed—as well supplemented by some volunteers—making multiple strategic contacts to each of these 350,000 people.

Exclusive — The ‘Moneyball’ Election: How Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Has Statistically Engineered Better Chances for Trump in November
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/11/exclusive-the-moneyball-election-how-charlie-kirks-turning-point-has-statistically-engineered-better-chances-for-trump-in-november/
“It’s hundreds,” Bowyer told Breitbart News when asked how many ballot chasers Turning Point Action has on the ground in Arizona getting these votes in. “I’ll tell you this. We have hundreds and hundreds of people. We believe we’ll have over 20 times the amount of full-time people who were in the field for Trump in 2020.”


88 posted on 11/12/2024 10:06:23 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Great counterpoint to the original article.


89 posted on 11/12/2024 10:08:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (The BEST birthday present I ever got WAS DONALD TRUMP WINNING IN 2024!!!)
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