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riversedge

(70,218 posts)
Tue May 24, 2016, 08:57 AM May 2016

Hillary is building a nation-wide organization that will win in November. Trump isn't




Adam Parkhomenko ?@AdamParkhomenko 41m41 minutes ago

ICYMI: Hillary is building a nation-wide organization that will win in November. Trump isn't http://on.wsj.com/1TQhuI0


Donald Trump Lags Behind Hillary Clinton in Organizing Key State

The presumptive GOP nominee’s slow start in Ohio could undermine his chances of winning the White House


By Reid J. Epstein
May 22, 2016 3:26 p.m. ET

PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee trails far behind the leading Democrat in organizing in key general-election states.

Ohio, a state that has backed every presidential winner since 1964, presents both Mr. Trump’s best opportunity to carry a big swing state and reveals .........
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Hillary is building a nation-wide organization that will win in November. Trump isn't (Original Post) riversedge May 2016 OP
LOL. nt Dawgs May 2016 #1
K&R! JaneyVee May 2016 #2
Trump doesn't believe in having a ground game firebrand80 May 2016 #3
WSJ - have to subscribe. No thanks. yellowcanine May 2016 #4
Jeb! Had a nationwide organization too... Yurovsky May 2016 #5

firebrand80

(2,760 posts)
3. Trump doesn't believe in having a ground game
Tue May 24, 2016, 09:15 AM
May 2016

He belives in winning media cycles.

Most thought that strategy would lose him the GOP nomination, it obviously didn't. Can he win the GE like that?

I tend to doubt it. You're dealing with a far larger and more ideological diverse electorate. Turnout is everything, and you can't do that just by dominating the media. If have to identify your voters and get them to the polls.

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)
5. Jeb! Had a nationwide organization too...
Tue May 24, 2016, 09:26 AM
May 2016

Didn't matter vs Trump. And she can barely beat Bernie despite a plethora of advantages.

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