Republicans Count on Trump’s “Force of Personality” in Swing States
Republicans count on Trump’s “force of personality” — recognizing that their candidate is fully a cult of personality fascist style strong man candidate. It’s dawned on them that he’s incapable and incompetent at anything else or any other type of campaign. There are also aspects of Trump’s “force of personality” that the campaign doesn’t want the American public to see.
Republicans will rely on the sheer force of Donald Trump’s personality to tap into deep-seated voter anger. Democrats are counting on a superior field organization to serve as Hillary Clinton’s firewall.
Interviews with state party chairs in the 11 critical battleground states that will likely decide the general election reveal the two major parties expect to employ vastly different playbooks for the November campaign, each adapted to — and shaped by — the presence of polarizing and historically unpopular nominees at the top of the ticket.
“His job is to be Mr. Trump,” said Rob Gleason, the chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. “His appeal is very different than a normal politician. Usually, when we have rallies for people, we prepare weeks in advance. All he has to do is announce three days ahead of time he’s going to be somewhere and a huge crowd shows up. It always energizes people.”
They might want to rethink that strategy because Clinton’s leading on the swing state map, and 7 out of 10 Americans have negative views of Trump.