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Inside the Trump Campaign’s Hidden Ground Game

July 21, 2024 at 12:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Trump campaign’s effective takeover of the Republican National Committee has come with a new approach to on-the-ground canvassing efforts: doing more with less,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The party says its get-out-the-vote effort, dubbed ‘Trump Force 47,’ is driven by a dedicated army of volunteers. It has been shrouded in secrecy since it launched earlier this year, raising questions in political circles about the ground-game strategy to support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Behind the scenes, campaign strategists have been revamping what they viewed as an inefficient, bloated and antiquated Republican ground-game model.”

“They argued that trying to play catch up with the Democratic canvassing machine, which has long had vast resources and is deeply rooted in states across the country, was a losing game. Now the GOP is focused on efficiency, not the size of the operation.”

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