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Did Obama have a ground game?
1 posted on 05/24/2016 5:26:57 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

Mr. Trump should not depend upon the RNC, run by
Rove and Bishop RomneyCARE who despise him and the
American People greatly, and have shown it in
2008, and 2012, and 2014.

The RNC must be replaced by his own people
because they will backstab Mr. Trump. It is their way.


2 posted on 05/24/2016 5:28:55 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: huldah1776

Trump has to be really, really, really careful with this. It’s my belief that the RNC would prefer that Trump lose. This presents a serious conundrum. If the RNC gets behind Trump, it’s only the whole world that will notice that they have rejected him at each and every turn so far. Now they like him.

This is very tricky.


3 posted on 05/24/2016 5:30:30 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: huldah1776
Did Obama have a ground game?

Oh yes

Also, the lack of a ground game so far, in regards to the Trump campaign, has been overstated. They have always had some, at least since after Iowa, and it will be ramping up after Memorial Day.

6 posted on 05/24/2016 5:45:13 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Oil: natural, organic, and gluten free)
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To: huldah1776
The Democrat "ground game" has always revolved around getting bodies to the polls. Milk and cookies will be served to elderly people who are bused to function halls while volunteers walk around "helping them" with their ballot choices. Bums and other riff raff will be lured off the streets for a hot meal in exchange for a straight D vote. Young slackers will get inundated with text messages offering a chance of free tickets to a Green Day concert if only they show up at the appointed polling place and get their names "checked off." And there are other variations.

The Democrats definitely have their GOTV machine well-oiled and this year will be no exception despite the lack of an inspirational candidate.

Republicans pretty much have to fend for themselves in getting to the polling places and if they have nobody to vote for, many of them stay away. This year, Trump has a chance to bring out the millions who have stayed home in years past. Not sure if a huge GOTV effort is required here as conservatives are basically self-reliant and will get themselves to the polls - provided they feel they have a candidate to vote for.

Trump has done pretty well during the primaries with minimum infrastructure. More primary votes than any other GOP candidate before him.

13 posted on 05/24/2016 5:50:23 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (1,161); Cruz (567); Rubio (166); Kasich (160)
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To: huldah1776

The RNC will campaign Mr. Trump right into the looser’s circle.


15 posted on 05/24/2016 5:52:09 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: huldah1776

Trump will need the RNC to develop the ground game. The RNC needs Trump for the ground game because of their down ballot candidates. It’s a win-win for both to cooperate. When they talk about the ground game, they are talking about folks like myself who are willing to volunteer at call centers, make phone calls etc... The ground game is the setting up of those call centers, the campaign headquarters where you can get signs and the get out the vote operations on election day.

I don’t think it means much that you don’t have that all organized right now. It is the end of May after all and the election is not until November about five months away. Yes, people like us are paying close attention to this election, but the fact of the matter is that most of the people that the ground game will reach are not even going to be paying attention for many more months. Probably not until September or October. They have time to get this thing ramped up.


16 posted on 05/24/2016 5:56:27 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: huldah1776

DON’T TRUST THEM, DONALD!!!!!


17 posted on 05/24/2016 6:12:18 AM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: huldah1776

Yes, large numbers of the people under the ground voted for him.


18 posted on 05/24/2016 6:17:30 AM PDT by euram
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To: huldah1776

Obama had one of the best ground games of recent campaigns.

There have been a number of really good articles on it (can’t copy and paste links from my phone, but they can be googled) and the underlying data systems (Narwal and Catalist) that go into frightening detail on just how good they were. While Romney’s system (ORCA) crashed and burned on Election Day, helping to cost him the presidency.


21 posted on 05/24/2016 6:32:50 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: huldah1776
"Did Obama have a ground game?"

Of course. He overwhelmingly won votes of the minorities, the women, and the dead.

24 posted on 05/24/2016 7:29:07 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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"We promise our greatest GOPe minds at work in leading Mr. Trump to glorious victory!"

25 posted on 05/24/2016 8:15:24 AM PDT by HangUpNow
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3432935/posts

Yes, an incredible ground game. He crushed Rommney.


27 posted on 05/24/2016 9:01:33 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: huldah1776

Now they can stop pretending they are against him.


31 posted on 05/24/2016 10:05:59 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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33 posted on 05/24/2016 10:55:09 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: huldah1776
The RNC is building a campaign for Trump

Uh huh. Right.

34 posted on 05/24/2016 10:56:15 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: huldah1776

It’s a trick.


35 posted on 05/24/2016 10:58:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Is this the same multi-million dollar GOTV program they developed in ‘12 that crashed on election day? That one?


40 posted on 05/24/2016 12:41:05 PM PDT by EDINVA
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