With a rally in Austin, Donald Trump keeps his campaign weird
Donald Trump’s rally Tuesday might do a little bit to keep Austin weird, but it is mostly about Trump remaining true to his idiosyncratic approach to running for president.
“It’s a bit unconventional to be in Austin, Texas, for a rally with 80-some-odd days to go before the election, but he’s an unconventional candidate, and it’s gotten him this far,” said Dierdre Delisi, an Austin political consultant and former adviser and chief of staff to then-Gov. Rick Perry.
But Texas has proved fertile fundraising territory — the single best state for direct contributions to his presidential campaign through the end of July — and is also home to some of the biggest donors to his campaign’s joint fundraising arrangement with the Republican National Committee and several state Republican parties.
And as long as Trump was going to be in Texas for two fundraisers Tuesday — a luncheon at the City Club in Fort Worth and a 6 p.m. reception at the Headliners Club in downtown Austin — it is his proclivity to have a large rally.
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In 2012, Obama won this area by taking 54 percent of its votes, which would make Dallas the most Democratically friendly city in Texas if it weren’t for the hippies down Interstate 35 in Austin.
Austin has been called the blueberry in the bowl of tomato soup. The state’s capital has long been its bastion of left-leaning politics. But Austin is becoming more than just a place to see Joanna Newsom play her harp on top of a taco truck; it’s one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.
Still, even Austin has some of that redness in its suburban, affluent west.
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