I have a different perspective on the 2024 election as the voting phase concludes. As I look at the reports of the early voting surges, I hear about the effectiveness of the Harris/Walz ground game in turning out the vote. I am also hearing about a virtually non-existent ground game for the Trump/Vance campaign headed by Elon Musk.
It would not surprise me if the race was called fairly early on the evening of November 5th with a couple of huge surprises. Florida might fall to Democrats. I know that seems unlikely, but something is trending there right now. They have an ‘Abortion’ measure to overturn the DeSantis 6-week ban. Republicans in the Conservative enclave called ‘The Villages’ has been holding large rallies weekly in support of Harris/Walz. Unpopular Florida Senator, Rick Scott is in a tight battle with Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. Just this past week a Federal Judge just tossed a case by the DeSantis Administration over threats to pull the licenses of television stations that run ads in favor of the measure overturning the Florida 6-week abortion ban.
All these issues are sending more people out to vote. We could see the state flip in the Presidential race and flip the Senate seat. I know this is counter to the media and polling narratives but what seems to be happening on the ground, where actual votes are cast suggests this unlikely probability is a very real possibility. Their 29 ‘Electoral College’ votes could go to Harris.
North Carolina is also a potential flip in the Presidential race. The state is in play. The Harris/Walz campaign has committed dollars from their more than $1 billion dollar war chest to secure the state’s 16 ‘Electoral College’ votes.
Georgia went for Biden in 2020 by little more than 11,000 votes. The Republican legislature and Governor have worked to try to ensure that a Democrat does not win their 16 ‘Electoral College’ votes in 2024. They changed the laws to allow people to challenge the voter registration of people they don’t know. You used to be unable to challenge a registration unless you lived in the same county. Now you can do mass challenges. Over 30,000 registrations were challenged by just 11 people. Republican operatives from other counties can challenge the registration of people living in areas made up of minority citizens. The county then pulls the registration. They should notify the voter. The voter then has to take steps to have the registration reinstated. Georgia legislators, mostly from outside of the urban areas, have chosen this insidious manner of voter suppression to discourage voting.
This is happening in other states as well. These strategies are conceived and implemented by groups such as the ‘Heritage Foundation’, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch Brothers-run Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and the State Policy Network (SPN).
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)has been operating since the 1970s to create model bills and encourage elected officials to introduce those bills. They have been historically focused on social issues like guns, and gay rights: the Equal Rights Amendments. ALEC’s use of model bills is worrisome from the perspective of democratic representation in that some lawmakers are simply cutting and pasting legislation, without their constituents’ knowing, from an outside interest group.
Americans for Prosperity, tend to place a more laser-like focus on economic regulatory issues. It was formed in 2004 out of the remains of an older organization that Charles and David Koch had founded. By now, it encompasses something that looks almost like a political party; in fact, the Washington Post described it as “America’s third biggest political party that you’ve never heard of.
The State Policy Network (SPN) is a nonprofit organization that serves as a network for conservative and libertarian think tanks focusing on state-level policy in the United States.[The network serves as a public policy clearinghouse and advises its member think tanks on fundraising, running a nonprofit, and communicating ideas.[4] Founded in 1992, it is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with member groups located in all fifty states.
Hundreds of voter suppression, anti-abortion, taxation, and anti-regulation bills introduced and enacted in state legislatures across the country were written by organizations such as these.
There are all big money shadow groups influencing policy applications for the sake of profit, class, racial, and ethnic estrangement.
A Reasonable Point of View 