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Bill Scher/Washington Monthly:

Donald Trump’s Get-Out-The-Vote Plan is Bonkers

The Trump campaign is tasking the far-right Turning Point network with spearheading its ground game despite having no track record of success.

Conservative donors have rewarded the Turning Point network for its virulence with more cash every year. The group reported $9.8 million in donations for 2017, $79.2 million for 2022, and a quarter of a billion since 2016.

But the ability to vacuum up cash does not automatically translate into the ability to boost voter turnout.

In 2022, the Turning Point network entered the ground game business, mainly in Arizona, where it is headquartered. As the Arizona Republic reported, “Turning Point PAC, the political action committee started by Turning Point USA, spent $494,105 during the 2022 election cycle, including the primary elections. The bulk of that, $377,201, went towards the general election races for U.S. Senate, governor, and Secretary of State in Arizona.” Turning Point’s candidates lost all of those races.