The GOP Needs to Make Inroads in the Big 10 States

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Peter Wehner03.13.2015 - 5:05 PM

Stuart Rothenberg, writing in Roll Call, points out that 10 states–Wisconsin, Nevada, Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Virginia, and Ohio–will deter the next occupant of the White House. The other 40 states aren’t terribly relevant, since their partisan voting habits are so well established. (If a state like Indiana trends Democratic, as it did in 2008, it’s clear that a rout is underway.)

According to Mr. Rothenberg:

 

Successful Republicans in the Big Ten states tend to be conservatives who avoid the extremist label and can appeal to voters on both a personal and political level. They tend to be more optimistic and upbeat than some in their party, and they don’t make it easy for their opponents to demonize them.

 

These may seem like qualities that every candidate does and should have, but they aren’t.

 

GOP candidates whose angry, confrontational style and ideological messages play best to the party’s base may find receptive audiences in key presidential primary and caucus states (particularly early ones), but those kinds of candidates will have problems appealing to key voters in the Big Ten states in November.

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The Big Thing Is To Show Up...And Not Just When There Is An Election.

 

2 Quotes

 

"First you win the argument, then you win the vote."

Margaret Thatcher

 

“People won't care what you show until you show that you care”

Jack Kemp

 

 

The Argument Being That Republicans/Conservatives Are Haters. You win that argument by showing up...and not just 3 weeks before an election, but 3 weeks after.