That would be a big, fat NO
Posted on 10/20/2020 7:14:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In President Donald Trump’s favored narrative of how elections are won and lost, the candidate who holds the most events with the biggest crowds wins.
"Every RALLY is BOFFO," he said in a Monday tweet about his confidence of winning re-election, telling campaign staffers on a call the same day that he was now more confident of winning than he was two weeks ago, when he appeared at no campaign events while recovering from Covid-19.
Now, with two weeks to go, he heads into the final stretch of the race relying heavily on his rallies to change the dynamic of the contest - a risky strategy for a persistently unpopular candidate, and one that has failed to demonstrate success in moving voters into his column.
In fact, there are no objective indications that Trump's rallies have any relation to boosting his support, with some suggestion they are just as likely to energize his opponents' supporters as they are his own.
In a study of the 2016 race, researchers looked at fundraising on the day of a Trump event and found that in the regions where the events were held, Clinton saw a significantly greater uptick in donations.
A separate study of the 2018 midterm elections found a similar effect, where Trump’s endorsement of congressional candidates in some areas sparked a backlash effect that was ultimately detrimental to those he was backing.
While Trump has done about half the rallies over the past two months compared to the same time in 2016, in those places where he has been aggressively campaigning for re-election his rallies don’t appear to have moved the needle in his direction.
Biden hasn’t held any large, in-person rallies this year, opting for small, social distanced events to show the seriousness with which he is taking the pandemic.
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That alone puts the lie to this stupid article.
“The rallies must be working incredibly well, if NBC is writing this kind of concern trolling to warn Trump against it”
My thought exactly! Is NBC going to do a story on what Trump needs to do to WIN???
Who are they talking about here? The candidate who consistently draws literally thousands of supporters just to see him drive by, or the candidate who literally cannot get more than a handful or two to show up at his events?
Biden can’t even have a campaign slogan that isn’t plagiarized from somewhere else.
This is such a petty piece.
Sorry bro. Watching America turn into Nazi Germany has me on edge.
That’s a Karen
Just doing her bit for the Party. Although she does have an uncanny resemblance to Leni. Leni Riefenstahl...
the virus is pretty harmless, but ventilators can kill you.That's great! It should be on tee shirts and yard signs.
Sounds like NBC is worried that Trump’s rally’s are working.
Gotta hand it to the propagandists for trying.
His "small rallies" are less than any given hour in a convenience store. They are also creepy with the distance circles and squares with everybody masked up watching that rapidly deteriorating Joe.
I have the same question. Biden is plagiarizing again. Build? Never built a thing in his life and Trump is a billionaire for building things. How stupid can they be. Of all things let’s have Joe go out and say he can build better than Trump. He be better off with saying “For a better looking first lady” as a campaign slogan. At least there would be a contrast to make, but Joe never had a real job (his words), never owned a business and never built a blessed thing in his life.
That would be a big, fat NO
Thanks all on the Build Back Better logo.
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