Turning Point Action's plan to gather votes in key battleground states could give former president and now president-elect Donald Trump an advantage in his bid to return to the White House. It seems like they achieved great results.
Immediately after the election, Turning Point's top activist Charlie Kirk announced on social media the number of votes his organization had received in key battleground states such as Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada, which he helped flip in each state.
While many media outlets ridiculed efforts by outside groups to handle most of the ground game efforts for Republicans, Breitbart News regularly detailed Turning Point Action's efforts throughout the year. Reported. One important article featuring an interview with Turning Point's Tyler Bowyer explains how Bowyer likens the effort to the famous baseball story “Moneyball,” where statistics and performance drive outcomes. did.
In Arizona, where the group's focus was most concentrated, Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris is currently about 185,000 votes, and Kirk said Turning Point Action received 20 votes from less inclined voters. It is said that it received over 10,000 votes.
Mr. Trump won the group's second most active state, Wisconsin, by about 30,000 votes, and Mr. Kirk said Turning Point Action went after about 60,000 votes in that state with the lowest propensity to do so.
Turning Point Action also actively canvassed votes in two key congressional districts in battleground states: Michigan's 7th Congressional District and Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. In Michigan, Republican Tom Barrett took back the Democratic seat by about 17,000 votes in the seventh round, and Kirk said “Turning Point Action trailed by about 14,000 votes there.” In Nevada, while Democrats held the 3rd District Congressional seat, Turning Point Action garnered more than 6,000 low-propensity votes, ultimately flipping the state in a presidential election for the first time in decades. contributed to that.
Kirk said his group has more than 1,000 full-time staff members and thousands more volunteers during the election period, and others like Cliff Maloney's Pennsylvania Chase and Scott Pressler's Early Voting Action. group, as well as the Republican Party in several states. .
In addition to the presidential race, the organization could have made a difference in the Republican House majority in at least some key battleground states.
On Monday evening, less than a week after the Republican Party's 218th election, Kirk announced the turning point, as Rep. Juan Siscomani (R-Ariz.) won re-election and officially secured the majority. Action staff and activists revealed they collected around 20,000 votes in the election. his district. Siscomani's margin of victory was less than 5,000 votes when the race was called, so the effort clearly helped propel him and House Republicans to the top.
