Tailgates, Apps And Marylanders: Conservatives' Strategy To Win In 2024's Most Important Battleground State

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66% : Republicans have politically dominated Cumberland County for decades, and Trump won it decisively in 2016 and 2020.
65% : Additionally, numerous volunteers and officials in Cumberland County told the DCNF that their anecdotal experiences indicate the energy and enthusiasm for Trump and other Republicans on the ground is robust and promising, though less tangible than voter registration data.
49% : However, Republicans on the ground say it is replete with the types of low-propensity voters who need to show up en masse for Trump to win the Keystone State.
46% : "The Trump campaign has more than two dozen field offices in the state, door-knocking and phone-banking programs and thousands of volunteers participating in "Trump Force 47," an initiative for local organizers and politically-engaged citizens to make contact with lower-propensity voters and get them out to vote, the Trump campaign official told the DCNF.Many volunteers -- whether they are with "Trump Force 47" or not -- are using several mobile apps to identify the low-propensity voters in their communities and approach them to gauge interest in voting for Trump, especially by mail.Trump Force 47 volunteers are "all over" Cumberland County, Nestor -- who is also a "Trump Force 47" volunteer -- told the DCNF.
45% : Beyond simply encouraging voters to support Trump or oppose Vice President Harris at the polls, the reinforcements from Maryland also show up at voters' doors with a simple message that resonates especially with Pennsylvanians still living with one foot in Maryland.
38% : The campaign's plan to target this specific sliver of the electorate is not a traditional one, but the underlying idea is that these individuals are more likely to swing the election if they vote for Trump than are hardcore conservatives who are absolutely committed to voting for the former president and other Republicans down the ballot.
18% : These are voters who do not vote in every election, but may have interest in voting for Trump, either because they are drawn to his policies or because they are deeply unhappy with the results of the Biden-Harris administration's agenda.
12% : Trump lost Pennsylvania by approximately 81,000 votes in the 2020 race against President Joe Biden, but this time around Republicans are committed to ensuring a different outcome in the 2024 race by turning out voters who may lean toward Trump but may need an extra nudge to show up to the polls on election day.

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