A conservative influencer who helped President-elect Donald Trump Claiming victory in Pennsylvania now focuses on New Jersey – a state he believes could turn red in the upcoming election.
In November, Vice President Kamala Harris victory in New Jersey secured with 52% of the vote, defeating newly elected President Donald Trump by just under six points in a state never considered a battleground. The gap between the two candidates was much smaller than in 2020, when President Biden led the state by nearly 16 points.
Some analysts now suggest New Jersey has gone from a blue state to a swing state.
Scott Presler the founder of Early Vote Action, a Political Action Committee (PAC), seemed to agree with the sentiment during a conversation with Fox News Digital.
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Scott Presler, founder of Early Vote Action, told Fox News Digital that he is using the “Pennsylvania model” to turn New Jersey red. (Spencer Platt/Michael Maslan/Corbis/VCGGetty Images)
“We’re going to take the Pennsylvania model of voter registration and not reinvent the wheel, but just apply all those things we’ve learned to New Jersey. And we’re going to play smarter, not harder,” he said. .
Presler said his work in Pennsylvania for the 2024 elections was an effort to build infrastructure for Republicans that was “missing” in previous election cycles. He revealed that his work in the state focused on three main elements: education, ground game and voter registration.
“One of the biggest hurdles we’ve faced in the 2024 presidential election is getting conservatives to get on board. vote by post, with early voting, understanding our above approach to ultimately move Pennsylvania in Donald Trump’s favor,” he added.
Presler said Republicans have struggled to overcome the Democrat advantage in voter registration over the past four years. In 2020, Democrats had a 650,000-person registration advantage. Today that margin has shrunk by 300,000.
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“I am a numbers person. I always look at things from a mathematical perspective,” Presler said, noting he was focusing on key demographic groups that might be willing to support Trump.
“We went to the truck stops to talk to that community about voting by mail. They may not show up on Election Day. There are 90,000 Amish, and I know it. Fox News digital There was even a team that followed us around with our work and went to the farmers markets and Lancaster,” he said. “There are 800,000 veterans. So we went to the VFW and the American Legion. There are 930,000 hunters. So we went to the gun shops and the shooting ranges.”
Above all, Presler said the “secret sauce” to winning Pennsylvania in 2024 was stopping the “proverbial bleeding” in big cities and increasing voter turnout in rural areas.
Next week, Presler will be attending the Sussex County Christmas Party in New Jersey. The area borders Pike County, a red, rural county in Pennsylvania. His organization aims to forge relationships on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border.
Presler has also hired staff to do voter registration the Wildwood Boardwalk all spring and summer — not just by registering New Jersey voters, but also by double-dipping and tapping into Pennsylvania’s vote.
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Pictured: Large crowds gather on Wildwood beach for Trump’s rally. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
“Our staff is going to help New Jersey, and after we help New Jersey in 2025, we’re going to ask New Jersey and say, ‘Hey, do you want to cross the border legally and help Pennsylvania with our 2026 gubernatorial election? ‘” he said.
President-elect Donald Trump held a rally in Wildwood during his 2024 campaign. Presler noted that while many people ridiculed Trump for holding a rally there, they failed to understand that the area has some political significance.
“Wildwood is where Philly goes to the beach,” he said.
New Jersey last voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 1988, when Vice President George HW Bush defeated Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis. The state had voted for Republican candidates from 1968 to 1992, when the state initiated persistent blue voting trends.
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