Republicans would like to embrace mail-in voting. But Trump just refuses to let them.
that it was launching the “Bank Your Vote” program to promote early and mail-in voting, the cognitive dissonance was stark.
“Encouraging our voters to utilize early voting and vote-by-mail are top priorities as we reorganize the political operation at the RNC,” Whatley wrote, according to a copy that was obtained by The Daily Beast. Since Trump’s message carries more weight with GOP voters than any other Republican or conservative organization ever could, strategists are trying to find ways to counter his public stance on the issue without looking as though they’re picking a fight with him.
They have their work cut out for them. With mail-in voting firmly associated at this point with conspiracies of Democratic fraud and cheating, GOP voters’ rejection of the practice has practically become a partisan litmus test.last year arguing that the distrust of mail-in voting among Republicans was a potentially existential threat for his party—one that leaders weren’t fully grasping.
“It’s hard to have that credibility when it doesn’t come from the top—especially when you talk about how much the Trump campaign and the RNC are one,” they said, referencing Trump’s new handpicked suite of party leaders. The operative added that Trump’s hatred for mail-in voting could pressure the RNC to cut funding for the Bank Your Vote program when money inevitably gets tight this election season.
While this is opposite of what Trump says publicly, the RNC and those around the Republican nominee, are attempting to circumvent it., top Trump adviser Susie Wiles has repeatedly told the former president in private that mail-in voting in states like Florida is safe. Republicans could very well turn the tide against their banked vote disadvantage if they avoid national political messaging frames, said Zack Roday, a partner at the GOP strategy firm Ascent.
“Turning Election Day into election month is a top priority for Chairman Daines, Sen. Hagerty, and the NRSC this cycle,” said NRSC communications director Mike Berg. “Republicans cannot unilaterally disarm while Democrats bank huge leads ahead of Election Day.”political sphere are attempting to build a new organizing program around his conspiracies—one that, if successful, would essentially guarantee electoral massacres for the GOP.
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