While Pres. Trump didn’t have a serious primary challenger in Iowa or New Hampshire, the re-election team and RNC launched a general election style effort to run up the score in both states. Campaign aides called it a “dry run” for November.
Trump held preemptive rallies in both Iowa and New Hampshire and blanketed both states with dozens of top surrogates, including members of the first family, sporting red Trump 2020 hats and custom Team Trump quarter-zip pullovers who campaigned at caucus sites and polling stations while volunteers on the ground carried out a massive get-out-the-vote effort.And thanks to the sweeping effort, the president walked away from Iowa having smashed incumbent turnout records.
While Trump enjoys wide-spread support among Republicans, his political team is sharply aware of the impact party “disunity” can have on a president running for re-election. “The Fake News Media is looking hard for the Big Democrat Story, but there is nothing too fabulous,” Trump tweeted complaining about media coverage shortly after Sen. Bernie Sanders was declared the winner in the Democratic New Hampshire primary.
On top of hitting record numbers, the campaign and RNC viewed the operation as an opportunity to put their organization, bolstered by a massive $200 million war chest, to the test and work out any sore spots months out from Election Day. “Why would why would somebody in Iowa go out and caucus for an incumbent president with no real opposition?” Gorka added. “Just shows the fire and energy the president brings out.”
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