Republicans are spending millions on turnout operations that are deeply flawed, insiders say

They can't get volunteers, so they have to rely on paid labor - Usually temps, usually unskilled, and usually unreliable.

The GOP used to have a coalition of human-powered interest groups (church groups, Eagle Forum, the NRA, state chambers, and Young Republicans), but volunteerism is on the decline and those groups are now focusing more on canvassing for their own interests rather than for a political party's. Also, young people and suburban mothers are fleeing the party in droves, robbing them of another formerly reliable bloc of volunteer canvassers. Democrats still have young people, women's groups, organized labor, and the gays. And Democrats are more motivated than ever to fight fascism and restore the rights of women and anyone with a library card.

The two parties' messaging also plays a part. Democrats' message is akin to "Restore your rights, clean up this mess, and build a better future." Republicans' message keeps getting sidetracked into "Your life sucks, and it's a Mexican's fault, and this tax-cheating orange rapist is the only one who will save you losers from despair!"

The GOP's remaining base - old people, bumpkins, Rust Belt wifebeaters, and unemployable hicks on disability - are horribly unreliable as volunteers or even as paid labor. This report seems to bear that out, especially in races they might've won with a better ground game.

[quote]Issues with canvassing arose in two of the closest losses of the 2022 election, four people familiar with those operations said. …Georgia, where the GOP nominee for Senate, Herschel Walker, was ultimately defeated in a runoff election.

Yes, it definitely was due to canvassing. And had nothing to do with the fact that Herschel Walker is an actual illiterate retard.

Don't forget all of the abortions that he paid for or the domestic violence in which he engaged, R2!

[quote]The problems, six people said, are pitfalls of the right’s increased reliance on paid canvassers rather than volunteers, and on a sprawling web of vendors and consultants tasked with what can be a thankless, though critical, job.

Ah, the free market. Political consultancy was already a sleazy business but in his typical fashion, Trump really encouraged grifters to run wild.

R3 Or his erratic, kwazy kween of a homosexual son.

At least Hersh still has his law enforcement credentials to fall back on, so he's not totally unemployed. Even after paying for all of those abortions, he has at least seven or eight kids to support (so far).