Sentinel proved to be a difference maker in electing Trump and helping Republicans decisively take back the Senate.
When the Associated Press on Thursday declared Republican Dave McCormick the winner of a hard-fought Senate race over entrenched Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, it wasn’t just the latest crest in a Red Wave 2024 election year. It was eye-opening proof that a focused ground game fixated on turning out early and absentee voters when voting runs several weeks long is a blueprint for GOP electoral success.
That fact should have been clear to Republicans long ago. But many in the party and too many campaigns didn’t get it, and conservatives have paid a high political price for failing to learn. So have Americans in general, as evidenced by the past four long years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House.
Some Republicans saw the writing on the wall long ago, however. They’ve been watching and taking notes on what Democrats have done in recent election cycles — beyond the 2020 shenanigans under the cover of Covid. Dems get the importance of a long-term commitment to the ground game, of constant connections, particularly with people who irregularly vote at best. They have mastered the art of ballot chasing, as they’ve pushed for expanded mail-in voting.
After the crushing “Red Wave” that wasn’t in the 2022 midterms, some Republicans finally woke up and decided they were going to try to beat Democrats at their own game. They learned that where the rubber meets the road in elections is on the ground. […]
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