2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

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Pro-Trump group funded by Musk struggles with outreach targets​


“… The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet doorknocking goals and is investigating claims that some canvassers lied about the number of voters they have contacted, according to people involved in the group's efforts.

… Three other people familiar with the outreach told Reuters that Chris Young, a Musk aide and longtime Republican operative, had recently traveled to Nevada to audit whether doorknocking tallies there had been inflated by some of the workers hired by contractors. Another person briefed on the matter said America PAC was struggling to find sufficient people to conduct audits in other states.

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Despite the influx of cash, some of America PAC's outreach has been plagued by disarray, the people familiar with its efforts told Reuters. As with many campaign operations, the group has hired contractors to carry out grass-roots efforts, relying on hourly workers to knock on doors and speak face-to-face with potential voters.

Some of those workers have been difficult to retain. Three canvassers, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the work isn't worth the pay, starting at some contractors at as low as $20 per hour. In some cases, they added, canvassers drive long distances in remote areas and don't get reimbursed for gasoline. …”
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There are a lot of reasons I’m very optimistic about Kamala’s chances, but this one is just about the top of the list.
 
nycfan said:

Pro-Trump group funded by Musk struggles with outreach targets​


“… The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet doorknocking goals and is investigating claims that some canvassers lied about the number of voters they have contacted, according to people involved in the group's efforts.

… Three other people familiar with the outreach told Reuters that Chris Young, a Musk aide and longtime Republican operative, had recently traveled to Nevada to audit whether doorknocking tallies there had been inflated by some of the workers hired by contractors. Another person briefed on the matter said America PAC was struggling to find sufficient people to conduct audits in other states.

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Despite the influx of cash, some of America PAC's outreach has been plagued by disarray, the people familiar with its efforts told Reuters. As with many campaign operations, the group has hired contractors to carry out grass-roots efforts, relying on hourly workers to knock on doors and speak face-to-face with potential voters.

Some of those workers have been difficult to retain. Three canvassers, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the work isn't worth the pay, starting at some contractors at as low as $20 per hour. In some cases, they added, canvassers drive long distances in remote areas and don't get reimbursed for gasoline. …”
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So the man that many people years ago hailed as a visionary business genius has turned out to be an incredibly arrogant, spoiled, bigoted right-wing goofy boob who is incompetent in many ways. Maybe he's a perfect fit for Trump after all.
 
lawtig02 said:
There are a lot of reasons I’m very optimistic about Kamala’s chances, but this one is just about the top of the list.
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Well, we'll see. It's not clear just how much a ground game helps. Can it erase two tenths of a percent in a poll? Probably. Can it make up for two points? Highly doubtful.

Given a choice between ground game and a systemic polling error, I'd much rather have the latter.
 
aGDevil2k said:
A good ground game can make polling "errors" happen
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Of course, though it's hard to quantify.

I just had a door knocker a few minutes ago. There is a certain effectiveness to it. I'm what you would call a very likely voter (and I've never voted for a Pub in my life), but there's a non-zero chance I skip voting. Maybe I will be feeling crappy on election day, or there will be long lines, or whatever. But now I've told these guys, "you don't have to worry about me, I'm as solid as they come" and shit, if I don't vote, I will feel like I let those guys down. So the probability of me voting increased. Maybe only from 98% to 99%, but it's something. And if I was more like 85%, I could see it lifting me to 95%.
 

Sleepwalking Our Way to Fascism​


A reference to Slouching Towards Bethlehem??
 
Kraftyheel89 said:
With all the garbage political mail the past few weeks, I actually received something very useful today. It is from NC State Board of Elections with info about the statewide judicial candidates.

For those yet to receive it, or tossed it out, I found some very shocking stats in the last few pages. NC has more than 7.6 million registered voters. Here is the breakdown that was very surprising to me.

31.6% registered Dems
29.9% registered Pubs
37.6% unaffiliated.

Now I've been unaffiliated for 5 years now after the Pub party died and sold out to the fraud mad man. And I am sure there are plenty of young people that don't know enough to pick a party, as well as low info and rare voters.

But there is NO WAY that almostv38% are unaffiliated. Not when the state usually votes Red, and certainly not when a criminal fraud con man currently leads the state. It would be an upset, perhaps not a shocking one, but a pretty big upset if Harris wins NC. Only Obama could do it with huge turnout from one side.
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My wife and I were registered unaffliated for years, voted blue but didn't want to broadcast our political affliliation living and working very very red Harnett and Iredell counties. We changed to Democratic this year because fuck it. My 18 year old daughter registered unaffiliated for the same reasons and she'll vote blue.
 
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