Report: Trump Signs Agreement To Gain Access To RNC Voter Files

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as hi is introduced at Politics and Eggs in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. The event was hosted by New England Council and NH Institute of Politics. ... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as hi is introduced at Politics and Eggs in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. The event was hosted by New England Council and NH Institute of Politics. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has signed an agreement with the Republican National Committee to gain access to the party’s voter database, Politico reported on Monday night.

Trump will now be able to use the RNC’s information on more than 200 million voters for get-out-the-vote efforts and gather information on his supporters to share with the Republican party for future use. The RNC initially offered access to its voter files back in July, according to a report from Yahoo News.

The agreement Trump signed with the RNC to access its voter data requires the real estate mogul to pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee, according to Politico.

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  1. Avatar for lew lew says:

    “Trump Signs Agreement To Gain Access To RNC Voter Files”

    Hmm. Did he sign in fire or brimstone?

  2. And Ted Nugent.

  3. Just how many ‘pledges’ are there ? I think I recall Trump and the rest signing pledges like that months ago…

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    HeadlineFix:

    Report: Cheap Bastard Finally Believes He Can Win The Nomination.

    Otherwise, why agree now-- and drop the ensuing cash?

    jw1

  5. Its a bit late in the process to just be getting access to voter data files. Sanders’ campaign was freaking out for losing access to just such a file for 12 hours. Trump’s campaign doesn’t even have such a database. Let alone any sort of strategy to actually use one.

    This is one huge tell of just how his campaign is woefully behind. He has about 1/10th the number of people on the ground that his own campaign was predicting, and they only started training a week or two ago.

    Bear in mind, his campaign is relying heavily upon people that have never voted. He basically has no way to communicate with them, let alone communicate effectively.

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