Republican influencer reveals plan to turn New Jersey red after helping Trump win Pennsylvania
A conservative influencer who helped President-elect Donald Trump win in Pennsylvania is now focusing his attention on New Jersey, which he believes could turn red in the upcoming election.
In November, Vice President Kamala Harris won New Jersey with 52 percent of the vote, defeating President-elect Donald Trump by less than 6 percentage points in a state that had never been considered a battleground. Donald Trump. The gap between the two candidates is much smaller than it was in 2020, when President Biden carried the state by nearly 16 points.
Some analysts now believe New Jersey has transitioned from a blue state to a swing state.
Scott Pressler, founder of the political action committee (PAC) Early Voting Action, seemed to agree in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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Early Vote Initiative founder Scott Pressler told Fox News Digital that he is using a “Pennsylvania model” to try to flip New Jersey red. (Spencer Platt/Michael Marsland/Corbis/VCGGetty Images)
“We’re going to use Pennsylvania’s voter registration model and instead of reinventing the wheel, we’re going to apply everything we’ve learned to New Jersey. We’re going to be smarter, not harder,” he said.
Pressler said the work he is doing in Pennsylvania for the 2024 election is an attempt to build infrastructure for Republicans that has been “lacked” in past election cycles. He revealed that his work in the state focuses on three areas: education, ground game and voter registration.
“One of the biggest hurdles we have as we head into the 2024 presidential election is getting conservatives to participate in mail-in voting and early voting, understand our approach to all of the above, and ultimately try to swing Pennsylvania in Donald Trump’s favor,” he added road.
Pressler said it has been difficult for Republicans to overcome the Democratic advantage in voter registration over the past four years. In 2020, Democrats had a registration advantage of 650,000 people. Today, this profit margin has shrunk by 300,000.
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“I’m a numbers guy. I always look at things from a mathematical perspective,” Pressler said, noting that he focused on important demographics that might be willing to support Trump.
“We go to truck stops to talk to that community about mail-in voting. They may not show up on Election Day. There are 90,000 Amish and I know Fox News Digital even has a team following us and our work will be at the farmers market and Lancaster,” he said. “There are 800,000 veterans. So, we go to the VFW and the American Legion. There are 930,000 hunters. So, we go to gun stores and shooting ranges.”
Most importantly, Pressler said the “secret” to winning Pennsylvania in 2024 is stopping the “proverbial bloodshed” in big cities and boosting rural turnout.
Next week, Pressler will travel to a Christmas party in Sussex County, New Jersey. The area borders Pike County, a red rural county in Pennsylvania. His organization aims to build relationships along the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border.
Pressler also hired staff to conduct voter registration on the Wildwood Boardwalk throughout the spring and summer — not only registering New Jersey voters, but also “double-dipping” and tapping Pennsylvania votes.
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Pictured: A large crowd gathered on the beach in Wildwood for Trump’s rally. (Image direct from Fox News Digital Edition)
“Our staff will help New Jersey, and after helping New Jersey in 2025, we will ask New Jersey and say, ‘Hey, will you legally come across the border and help Pennsylvania in the 2026 gubernatorial election?'” he said.
President-elect Donald Trump holds a rally in Wildwood during his 2024 campaign. Pressler noted that while many people mocked Trump for holding a rally there, they didn’t understand that the area had some political significance.
“Wildwood is the place to go to the beach in Philadelphia,” he said.
New Jersey last voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 1988, when Vice President George HW Bush defeated Democratic Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. The state consistently voted for Republican candidates from 1968 until 1992, when the state began a continuing trend of blue voting.
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