Observation on the RNC voter turnout effort - TEA Party? - Granite Grok

Observation on the RNC voter turnout effort – TEA Party?

Gadsden FlagFrom Glen Reynolds, a pithy observation:

2014: GOP Counting on ‘Motivated Base,’ Courting ‘Low-Propensity Voters’ to Win This Fall. They’ll do better if the Republican apparat — I’m looking at you, NRSC — doesn’t piss off the base with racial attacks on Tea Party candidates. You know?

Indeed.  So I followed the link:

After 2012, the RNC decided to focus on two things: building out its ground game and working on its data infrastructure.

The RNC has recruited 16,630 precinct captains and dispatched 304 field staffers – 24 state directors and 280 organizers – to try to mobilize 10 million “low-propensity voters” in November. This staff also includes 30 Hispanic engagement officers,  and 15 African-American and eight Asian-American engagement staff.

Part of this new push is building the infrastructure for the thousands of volunteers who will be walking in the targeted precincts and using “canvassing apps” and other data-driven technology that will provide real-time information to them.

And what set of voters, what is the “diversity” of folks for which there is not ONE dedicated canvasser set up? You know, the ones that did turn out in 2010 for the Rs?

Aw heck, you know which ones.  It’s almost if the GOP wants a totally new set of voters, or sumpten….

 

 

 

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