Trump’s get-out-the-vote effort ‘not even close’ to Clinton’s: experts

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FRANCE24 at Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/trumps-get-out-the-vote-effort-not-even-close-to-clintons-experts/

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National polls give a snapshot of how people are planning to vote at a given moment, but elections are won at the ballot box, making a candidate’s ability to turn out voters a key factor. Observers and activists agree that Hillary Clinton’s ground game is an impressive one, albeit falling short of that mounted by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Donald Trump, on the other hand, seems to have paid scant attention to that aspect of his campaign, which may prove a fatal oversight come Election Day.

“Hillary has a far superior ground game than Trump’s,” Ned Ryun, founder and CEO of the conservative grassroots organisation American Majority, told FRANCE 24. In terms of numbers of volunteers, money spent and investment of time, “it’s not even close,” Ryun said.

Get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts are sophisticated affairs that hinge on a candidate’s campaign having an army of volunteers armed with accurate data. Those volunteers are dispatched in advance of election day to make phone calls to or knock on the front doors of people who might be persuaded to vote for the candidate. The volunteers also make sure that reliable voters — those registered to a specific party with a strong history of voting — are able to reach the polls. On election day, volunteers go door to door making sure that the voters they depend on have indeed cast their ballots.

Successful GOTV operations require on-the-ground knowledge and organisation. But according to Fivethirtyeight.com, Trump has just 207 offices nationwide, compared to Clinton’s 489, and her organisation dominates his in every battleground state. (Obama, for comparison, had 790 offices in 2012). Even in the states where he is strongest, Trump lags behind Clinton, with 42 offices to her 57 in Pennsylvania, 29 to her 68 in Florida and 22 to her 69 in Ohio, according to Fivethirtyeight.com.




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[catbyte]

1. Oh, but it just doesn't matter. Trump's YUUUUUUGE FUCKING STAR POWER

will lead voters to the polls like moths to a flame. Yep. That's the ticket.

[Foggyhill]

2. Many of those offices are mere shells

An office doesn't call anyone
There needs to be an org behind it
Hes spending no money himself
Gotv is run by rnc

[Egnever]

8. Yup a sign on the front

That is about it.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Will be phone banking tomorrow

evening again for four hours. Got to hand it to the young volunteers that show up and work the phones and do lit drops and bang on doors. We got the ground game baby. Looking for a total Blue Nevada Legislature come Tuesday Night.

If you can help,just call your local Dem Headquarters and get involved,it's fun.

[applegrove]

4. Congrats to you and all those helping out.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. What a hoot!

Fun to shove it up the Trump. Been saying for sometime now,we live in a different Nation and it ain't the 1950's anymore. People need to wake up to that fact. Time for the new Immigrants to make this Nation what other Immigrants did before them.

[HipChick]

6. Amen!

[applegrove]

9. I think there will be a great coming together when Hillary wins. Then

as Hillary's policies pan out more and more of the deplorables will want to join in the fun of one country - stronger together and multi ethnic. Where we take the best from all cultures to make for a better world.

[Cha]

7. Hillary's Ground Game, baby!

[budkin]

10. Trump's Silent Majority!

Can't be stopped! LMAO

[adigal]

11. I keep wondering why trump's voters aren't early voting if so enthusiastic?

What are they waiting for? These bozos certainly aren't going to stand in line for hours when they aren't with their own kind, mocking Hillary and showing their disgusting t-shirts.