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One Year to Nov. 3, 2020 Election
Republican National Committee
November 4, 2019
Chairwoman McDaniel: RNC’s Fundraising Success and Ground Game Operation Far Surpass the Democrats'
Chairwoman McDaniel: RNC’s Fundraising Success and Ground Game Operation Far Surpass the Democrats'CHAIRWOMAN MCDANIEL: We are in 18 battleground states right now at the RNC, we are on the ground every week. We're registering new voters, we just had a National Week of Action where we actually did a field test of what we're going to do a year from now, knocking doors, creating an Election Day turnout, we’re going to have a lot tomorrow with these governors’ races. And that is what you can do: build this ground game, it doesn't just pop up. So with the huge fundraising advantage and the ground game we’re putting together versus where the DNC is, we have a huge head start against the Democrat field, on top of a President that has made lives better for millions of Americans.
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November 4, 2019
TO: Interested Parties
FR: Seema Nanda, DNC CEO
RE: One Year Out, The DNC Is Preparing To Win The General Election
One year from the presidential election, Democrats are making historic, early investments to build the general election infrastructure our eventual nominee will need to win. Meanwhile, Trump is facing major headwinds across the battleground states and his standing with voters is crippled by his record of broken promises. Here’s the state of the race:
Trump faces historic headwinds
Nationally, Trump’s net approval has averaged lower than any president in modern history according to FiveThirtyEight:
[graphics trends for Obama, Bush, Clinton]
Polling from Morning Consult also shows his net approval in every major battleground state has decreased by double digits:
[graphic Trump Net Approval Since Taking Office]
He’s also badly damaged his standing with key subgroups, like suburban voters. Only 32 percent say the would vote to reelect him according to the Grinnell College poll and NBC-Wall Street Journal polling found 61 percent of suburban women disapprove of Trump and prefer a Democratic candidate by 29 points.
Democrats are making historic, early general election investments
Democrats are taking nothing for granted and the DNC and Democratic state parties are working now to lay the groundwork for the general election. Here are some of the programs already underway:
- Organizing
Corps 2020. The DNC has launched Organizing Corps 2020, an
unprecedented field and training program in 8 battleground states (AZ,
FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, PA, WI) helping ensure the eventual nominee has a
pool of trained, ready to hire field-talent working in the
neighborhoods where they are from, with a special emphasis on
communities of color. Applications for wave 2 and 3 open today. Read more from The
Atlantic: The DNC Army That Could Soon Descend
on Swing States.
- Data and Technology. The DNC has rebuilt our data infrastructure with a state-of-the-art, cloud-based data warehouse. We’ve also invested in our data itself to make sure our view of every voter and possible voter is accurate as possible with correct information like addresses and phone numbers, as well as integrating advanced data sets like demographic and behavioral modeling. And we’ve modernized our cybersecurity infrastructure to improve our own security posture, while helping state parties and campaigns do the same.
- War Room. The DNC’s War Room is a rapid response operation with significant communications, research and digital components, staffed by dozens of operatives -- the majority of whom are veterans of the 2016 campaign who have been tracking Trump for years — who work with hundreds of media outlets, surrogates, and online influencers to shape the narrative of the Trump presidency using reporter outreach, research, extremely localized content and disruptive online content, along with placing major stories about his record.
- Defining & Localizing Trump. The DNC is funding communications staff in 6 battleground states (AZ, FL, OH, PA, MI, WI) who work in concert with the DNC’s War Room to define and localize Trump’s record of broken promises. Read more from POLITICO: DNC hires staff in six battleground states.
- Research. The DNC is home to the largest and most experienced research team in Democratic politics who have been tracking Trump since 2015. They’ve built the world’s most comprehensive research file on Donald Trump - including “more than 7,000 lawsuits, volumes of Freedom of Information Act requests and thousands of hours of video footage.” This work began in 2015 and has continued without pause since the 2016 election.
- Full-Time Organizing Staff. The DNC is funding organizing positions in 8 battleground states (AZ, NV, CO, FL, MI, PA, WI, TX) who are working with key communities on general election readiness efforts -- like programs to engage the Latinx community in Arizona and Nevada, African American organizing in Detroit and rural outreach in states like Wisconsin. Read more from HuffPost: The DNC Is Sending Organizers To 8 Battleground States.
- Increasing Monthly Investments in State Parties. The DNC has increased its monthly investment in every state party by 33 percent since this time in 2015, helping support a variety of general election programs. For instance, Florida Democrats have 54 organizers on the ground; Wisconsin Democrats have 17 regional field organizers; and Michigan Democrats are continuing the One Campaign For Michigan which has 12 field staff across the state.
- Voter Protection. The DNC is building a voter protection infrastructure to protect Americans’ right to participate in a fair election-- including funding voter protection positions in battleground states, a national voter resource hub, and voter assistance hotline, as well as education, advocacy and organizing resources. The DNC is also filing voter protection litigation in states like AZ, TX and GA. Read more from The Washington Post: Democrats sue three battleground states over law that GOP candidates’ names be listed first on the ballot.
Democrats are taking nothing for granted and laying the groundwork across a wide battleground map so that our eventual nominee can defeat Trump in 2020.
Unlike in 2016, Trump has a record and he’s left behind a trail of broken promises: his health care agenda spikes costs and jeopardizes coverage protections for people with preexisting conditions, his tax scam will end up hurting the middle class in order to give more handouts to his rich, powerful friends, and his chaotic economic policies are costing us jobs. At every turn he is looking out for himself, hurting hardworking Americans, and in one year voters will hold him accountable.
Nevada State Democratic Party
For Immediate Release:
November 3, 2019
Contact: Molly Forgey
One Year Out from the General Election, Trump, NV GOP Couldn’t be in a Worse Position
With exactly one year to go until the 2020 general election, the Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans are in the worst possible position to win back a state Trump lost in 2016 and his endorsed candidates lost in 2018.
Just last week, the Trump campaign named failed gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt and powerless Minority Leaders James Settlemeyer and Robin Titus as campaign co-chairs while ousting the former campaign chair and lone Republican congressman from Nevada after he expressed support for the impeachment inquiry. Republicans have also failed to recruit any viable contenders to compete in Congressional Districts three or four, setting themselves up for failure earlier than ever.
Making matters worse, Republicans are inching even closer to becoming the equivalent of a third party in Clark County as they continue to be out-registered by Independents and Non-Partisans.
Meanwhile, Governor Steve Sisolak and the work Democrats accomplished during the 2019 Legislative Session are viewed favorably by Nevadans. As we head into 2020, NV Dems remain vigilant in making our First in the West Caucus the most accessible and expansive yet by recruiting volunteers, continuing to out-register Republicans and training Nevada Democrats on the caucus process. Here’s a closer look at the numbers:
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Democrats are in a better position among registered voters now than we were on Election Day in 2018 with a nearly 5% advantage statewide.
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NV Dems have recruited more than 1,200 volunteers for the 2020 caucus.
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Organizers and volunteers have held more than 120 caucus trainings across the state.
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So far in 2019, more than 23,000 Nevada Democrats have been contacted by NV Dems.
Nevada State Democratic Party spokesperson Molly Forgey released the following statement:
“After losing Nevada in 2016 and remaining underwater in the state, the Trump campaign has a tough road ahead if they still believe they can pull off a successful effort to win our state in 2020. Nevadans rejected him then, they rejected his cronies in 2018, and we will reclaim the White House one year from today.”
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