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Related: About this forumHillary 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 nominees 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, OhioThough 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. Trumps 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
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)1. LOL. nt
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. K&R!
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)3. Trump doesn't believe in having a ground game
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.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)4. WSJ - have to subscribe. No thanks.
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)5. Jeb! Had a nationwide organization too...
Didn't matter vs Trump. And she can barely beat Bernie despite a plethora of advantages.