Ron DeSantis’ super PAC reduces door-knocking in multiple states.
A Super PAC Shifts Strategy, Eases Back on Door-Knocking and Field Operations
A super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) presidential campaign is making a strategic shift, opting to scale back on door-knocking and field operations in four states. This departure from their once-ambitious strategy aims to shock and awe other campaigns.
Never Back Down has recently suspended its field operations in Nevada, California, North Carolina, and Texas, a source close to the group confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Outside of Nevada, the other three states have primaries on Super Tuesday.
This change in tactics was first reported by NBC News on Thursday.
The suspensions mark a significant departure for a super PAC that initially planned to spend $100 million on sweeping on-the-ground efforts to boost DeSantis in 18 states.
It also reflects a challenging summer for DeSantis’s presidential campaign, which experienced multiple staff shakeups, resets, and public speculation from GOP donors about the governor’s ability to challenge former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary race.
A Trump super PAC took the opportunity to gloat over the news, posting a pun on Never Back Down’s name. “N̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ Backs Down,” Make America Great Again Inc. wrote.
Never Back Down will now focus on investing in ground operations in three early nominating states: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. These states are crucial for DeSantis’s viability in the race. The group’s spokeswoman stated that investing in states like Nevada, where the GOP Chairman actively supports Trump, would not be a wise use of resources.
“Nevada is heading to a lawsuit. And with the way that Trump puppet executive director, or the party chair, is conducting that caucus/primary, primary/caucus routine that he’s doing,” said Erin Perrine, Never Back Down’s communications director. “When you have that kind of uncertainty about how the election’s going to be conducted, that becomes a pretty unstable environment to be investing the kind of resources that we’re investing.”
Nevada’s Republican Party is holding a separate caucus next year, which some believe will benefit Trump. The caucus results will determine which candidate receives the state’s delegates to the Republican National Convention next summer.
“A similar situation in California, where they eliminated the California Republicans’ say in their own primary as well as making grassroots involvement impossible,” Perrine said. “Now the central committee will have a convention and a vote at the end of September which could alter that. But that was a Trump-inspired rigging as well.”
California’s GOP changed its rules for delegate allocation during its primary in late July, a move supported by the Trump campaign. This change makes the state less competitive for other candidates, as all 169 delegates will go to the candidate who receives more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate surpasses 50%, delegates are proportionally awarded based on a statewide vote.
“And so with neither state having a fair process, the door knockers that were in Nevada and California, we decided to refocus them into the first three,” Perrine explained the group’s shift in strategy.
DeSantis’s Uphill Battle Against Trump
DeSantis has consistently trailed Trump in most national and state polls, often by more than 40 percentage points. However, his campaign remains confident in winning the Iowa caucuses next year and is actively working to visit all 99 counties in the state.
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