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TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts)
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 05:56 AM Aug 2016

In Florida, it's Donald Trump's big rallies vs. Hillary Clinton's massive organizing

How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are approaching the job of winning America's biggest battleground state is a study in contrasts.

To Team Clinton, organizing is everything.

To the unconventional Team Trump, big rallies rule.

"We're running a unique campaign in the sense that we can draw 15,000 people together at a time," said Karen Giorno, Florida-based senior adviser on the Trump campaign. "There are over 40,000 people that we've touched in the last two weeks with just four events. . . . We have a movement. Hillary Clinton is struggling to get people moving in her direction."

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/in-florida-its-donald-trumps-big-rallies-vs-hillary-clintons-massive/2289342

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In Florida, it's Donald Trump's big rallies vs. Hillary Clinton's massive organizing (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2016 OP
The Sanders campaign made the same argument Renew Deal Aug 2016 #1
Organizing is good oswaldactedalone Aug 2016 #2

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)
2. Organizing is good
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:17 AM
Aug 2016

but one thing about it not so good is the time spent on staff/volunteers contacting the same voters numerous times. The most important thing is registering new voters and getting them to the polls, while at the same time, updating registrations on infrequent voters and informing them of their correct polling place. Following that is getting early votes banked as soon as possible.
The fly in the ointment is the number of infrequent voters who are contacted so often they become resentful and either don't vote or switch sides.

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