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Four Reasons Trump’s “15 State Strategy” is Brilliant
TruthFeed ^ | 5/29/2016

Posted on 05/30/2016 9:09:31 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Trump recently teased a “15 state strategy” in the general, which include some where Republican nominees don’t often campaign or consider swing states.

*Note the map is Fox News’ interpretation of what 15 states they believe Trump may have in mind and has not been confirmed as the 15 states Trump is referring to.

“We have to win, and I want my energy to be put into the states where it could go either way…. and we’re going to play heavy, as an example, in California. Now no other Republican — they wouldn’t even go to dinner in California. They wouldn’t do it.”

Many simple minded media talking heads have already expressed cynicism in this strategy, considering states like California and New York a waste of time. However, here are four specific reasons why “they” are dead wrong.

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1 posted on 05/30/2016 9:09:31 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Trump may not win CA but by investing his time and money there, he is rallying a demoralized Republican Party in the state.

And he is showing he intends to go behind enemy lines instead of writing off large parts of America as “unwinnable.”

Trump wants to win and he is thinking ahead how to get to 270.

Even before Hillary has clinched her party’s nomination.


2 posted on 05/30/2016 9:17:14 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Great analysis that goes beyond the obvious “if the experts say Donald Trump is making a mistake, then it is they who are making the mistake.”


3 posted on 05/30/2016 9:20:17 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!e)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

He will force Hillary to spend money in states that Dems thought was a lock.


4 posted on 05/30/2016 9:20:34 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Yup. The more Hillary has to stretch her resources, the more avenues of attack it opens up for Trump.

And Trump likes being on the attack.


5 posted on 05/30/2016 9:22:51 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Correct me if I’m wrong but money invested in states like New York and California where he has very little chance of winning is money he won’t have for states like Florida, Virginia, and Ohio where his chances are much better? Does he really think he will have that much money?


6 posted on 05/30/2016 9:23:35 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

After the Oregon poll showing Trump beating Clinton, he should add Oregon to the list.


7 posted on 05/30/2016 9:24:23 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Agree - He is willing to fight on every front and his instincts have been faultless so far....Giving up now, while both Hillary and Bernie are really vulnerable would be a huge mistake.


8 posted on 05/30/2016 9:27:39 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Lower Deck
Please read the points the writer makes. I think Trump will win NY. He's putting CA into play which will force Hillary to use up her resources there.

If he wins NY, he won't need OH.

9 posted on 05/30/2016 9:28:51 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

What was it he told Ivanka when she was little ? “ If you’re going to dream anyway , dream big!”


10 posted on 05/30/2016 9:31:10 AM PDT by hoosiermama (1238 Under budget. Ahead of schedule! Go TRUMP GO)
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To: Lower Deck

Trump is right to fight for voters in ALL the states.


11 posted on 05/30/2016 9:32:00 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Lower Deck

Ceding state after state to the Democrats has made winning the Electoral College a lock for them.

Trump wants to reverse the defensive crouch that GOP candidates have exhibited for the past half century and go on the offensive.

Every state Democrats have to spent time and money in makes it easier for Trump to pick up some states to win.

And if you don’t try, you don’t win.


12 posted on 05/30/2016 9:32:47 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Let me add a fifth...

The know-it-alls have been consistently wrong to this point...that's a powerful track record.

13 posted on 05/30/2016 9:36:04 AM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: gogeo

Yup, when they say Trump will lose, they’ve been consistently wrong about him before.

Remember, he announced he was running for President when none of the polls gave him a chance.

And look where he is today.


14 posted on 05/30/2016 9:37:41 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: gogeo

Trump will send 20 million in California. Hilarity will have to spend 100 million. Red states are all going back to republicans.

Trump only has to pick off a Wisconsin, NJ, PA and it’s over.


15 posted on 05/30/2016 9:41:34 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun to say)
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To: Lower Deck

>> Does he really think he will have that much money? <<

Of course. Don’t forget that he has said (a) that he’s worth more than ten billion and (b) that he can self-fund if necessary.


16 posted on 05/30/2016 9:42:09 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: goldstategop
I don't think California is winnable just because of the make up of the voting population there. It includes one of the largest, if not the largest, population groups in the state, the illegals. They vote legally in California by state law. They are supposed to ignore the federal offices on the ballos but the registrars tell them to go ahead and vote the whole ballot, who will know? Add that to the lowering of the voting age to 16 there which is quite likely before November. How much of the illegal alien vote can Trump get?
17 posted on 05/30/2016 9:52:19 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberaliThe state decides who can vote on state issues. soli o feccia.)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop; 3D-JOY; Abbeville Conservative; Abby4116; acoulterfan; Airwinger; Albion Wilde; ...

The article did not include perhaps the most important reason for the full-court nationwide press: Minion Romney lost the electoral college by fewer than 400,000 votes, of which 160,000 each were in VA and OH. In other words, if Trump merely flips 85,000 in those two states, he has a tremendous chance of winning. Minion lost FL by 73,000 votes, so a flip of only 37,000 adds that state.

Trump already leads in polls in NC and OR and OH, and is tied in PA and VA, so already the electoral map is very nearly in his favor.

As for Arizona, I didn’t think it would be close in 08 or 12 (it wasn’t) and won’t be close in 16.


18 posted on 05/30/2016 9:53:20 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

He instinctively knows how to win.


19 posted on 05/30/2016 9:54:49 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Hawthorn
Don’t forget that he has said (a) that he’s worth more than ten billion and (b) that he can self-fund if necessary.

And yet there was another thread where the Trump campaign said they were running low on cash.

Link

20 posted on 05/30/2016 9:54:59 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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