Ballots

As the republican candidates for president line up they find themselves facing a dilemma. They are all for a secure border, pro police and low crime, smaller government, lower taxes, energy independence and an expanding economy with low inflation. In order to differentiate themselves from one another they have to move away from policy and look more at personality. The democrats on the other hand do not want to discuss policy and are content to talk personality especially if the candidate is Trump. Trump has proven he is more than willing to go after personality and will win that fight. If he is the candidate his campaign will be simple. He will not have to make promises he will just say the country will return to the ways things were when he was president. He will have energy independence, low crime, secure borders and low inflation. The blue print for that was laid out when he was president. Since the democrats are not interested in discussing policy they will revert to their strategy of personal attacks on Trump. The race will not be determined by either of these approaches but rather by who can collect the most ballots. If the republicans are as good at this as democrats they have a distinct advantage since in the last election 62% voted and that leaves 38% to go after. Since the country is 75% white the pool of non voters swings to the republicans. In addition 36% identify as conservative and 25% as liberal. To show the effectiveness of ballot harvesting in 2012 Obama got 66 million votes and in 2020 Biden got 81 million votes. In 2016 Trump got 62 million votes and won and in 2020 he got 74 million and lost. This was the reason Trump questioned the vote. He didn't understand the power of ballot harvesting. The trick is to have extended voting times and ground workers who follow up on every potential voter. These workers will find the voters and help them vote and gather up the ballots. While this sounds a little fishy it is a good system because it allows more people to vote. It is subject to abuse if the ballot harvesters start to fill out the ballots.