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RNC Has Already Contacted 20 Million Voters

July 9, 2018 at 1:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

NBC News: “Heading into the summer with a major cash advantage over the Democrats, the RNC says its efforts to contact voters ahead of the November midterms are on pace to match, and in some categories have already surpassed, the 2016 presidential election. The RNC told NBC News it has already made 20 million traditional voter contacts by phone or door knocking this election cycle, a large number for a non-presidential election year.”

“That’s just part of the total 487 million contacts it says it has already made this cycle, including emails opened (250 million), calls made for data gathering purposes (183 million), digital petitions or surveys completed (19 million), direct mail sent (9.6 million), and get-out-the-vote calls made (5.6 million).”

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