The New Hampshire Political Silly Season is off and running. A certain NH online news journal recently posted findings from a poll they conducted suggesting that Scott Brown should run away from the NH Republican U.S. Senate race. They reasoned that Brown is a “distraction causing the John E. Sununu campaign to waste time and money” and claimed Republican activists have “written off” Scott Brown and are falling over themselves in droves to support the Sununu campaign.
We’ve seen it all before. It’s almost a tradition; a fact of political life. Seemingly innocuous claims made to rile up the other’s base and placed in a neat, misleading package dressed up as fact. Polls claim to represent the political views of an entire electorate, but in most cases, that is not true. Case in point is the online news journal poll. They claimed, without proof, to have surveyed a group of “NH Republican grassroots activist primary voters,” which resulted in an 84% approval rating for John Sununu and further claimed Scott Brown is losing by 40 points. Who were the “activists” they surveyed? They didn’t call me or any other grassroots activist I know.
The grassroots MAGA voters categorically repudiate these findings, and we are all in agreement that nobody is leaving the Brown campaign for Sununu. We know an establishment DC swamp candidate when we see one. Virtually every public grassroots poll, rally response, and online engagement metric shows a dramatically different sentiment, placing John Sununu closer to 15% support, and 0% among the MAGA base. Scott Brown remains the NH people’s candidate for U.S. Senate.
The words of a great NH MAGA friend of mine (Kooch) ring true; the problem with polling is that voters are increasingly expected to trust and accept polling conclusions without being allowed to fully examine the method behind their findings: no transparency regarding who was surveyed, how they were selected, whether they were likely voters, registered Republicans, insiders, or activists. Nada evidence. Kooch, a military combat veteran who also had a significant role in the 2024 NH Trump Campaign, knows his way around politics. He is the epitome of a grassroots activist.
Erroneous polls aren’t the only hornets’ nest in this NH silly season: the arrival into NH of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is creating a lot of debate throughout the state.
Under the leadership of the late Charlie Kirk, TPUSA has done some great things for the Republican Party and the conservative movement, especially with younger voters. TPUSA’s focus is on building relationships with low-propensity voters, registering new voters, and ensuring those voters get to the polls in November.
However, there is an underlying concern among some voter groups that this version of TPUSA has a hidden agenda, and it may not bode well for the NH GOP in general. Have they become a fully partisan factional organization? Other states, including Wisconsin, have experienced internal divisions and power struggles, leading to serious damage to their party structures. See (www.wisconsinrightnow.com/turning-point-wisconsin-gop) and www.wisconsinrightnow.com/trojan-horse-turning-point-supporters-wont-respond-to-questions-on-finances/)
It appears that TPUSA’s involvement in states like Wisconsin has brought unnecessary drama, division, and conflict to local efforts at a time when unity and winning elections should be the priority. Is this happening now in New Hampshire? Case in point is the ‘partnership’ between TPUSA and NH’s AFP (Americans for Prosperity), a well-known anti-Trump organization with ties to establishment candidates. Both organizations have now publicly endorsed John E. Sununu in the U.S. Senate race to represent NH.
This brings the question, are there ties to other organizations like online news groups who push false polling results? TPUSA has hired dozens of paid staffers throughout NH, including state representatives and GOP town/county committee leadership. What message is being conveyed to committee members and to the general public? Are they pushing one candidate over another? Is that a conflict of interest? This is not to disparage the essence of any organization; this is merely to question the substance.
It all boils down to the antiquated RINO claim of “we must stick with a winner to win” and get the same-old results that continue in this state. The problem is that the ‘winner’ comes out a loser against the gerrymandered electoral system affecting all New England states.
I’m sticking with Scott Brown to WIN!
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