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Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:55 PM Jan 2020

Bloomberg courting voters with letter to 2.5 million across every Super Tuesday state

Even as most 2020 contenders gear up for the Iowa caucuses, they’ve got a weather eye on the March horizon: Super Tuesday. While many look forward on the calendar, though, Mike Bloomberg is already all over the map.

Starting Monday, Bloomberg's campaign will be swelling its already aggressive ground game even further, telling ABC News exclusively that it will begin sending out its first mailers -- yes, physical paper letters -- to 2.5 million registered Democratic voters across every single Super Tuesday state.

The campaign's move pays unprecedented attention on parts of the country that normally get neglected during the Democratic primary process, especially this early on. And with Bloomberg making stops in Vermont and Maine on Monday afternoon, he will have visited every Super Tuesday state before most of his rivals have left Iowa.

The letters are part of Bloomberg's unorthodox, innovative strategy, which he's taken from the start in his late bid for the White House. He bypassed the four early states altogether and has focused on delegate-rich spots up for grabs in March, like Texas, California and Florida. Moreover, he’s specifically honing in on the swing states President Donald Trump picked up in 2016 that Democrats “should” have won, like Ohio or Michigan.

Bloomberg’s energetic efforts at outreach demonstrate an immense appetite for seeking voters where they live, and showing his commitment. His campaign’s first mailers further that courtship; they're an acknowledgement and respect for a constituency that may often feel overlooked by those who eventually come calling for their votes.

Bloomberg has also pledged that even if he does not get the Democratic nomination, he and his assets will stay in the race to help boost whoever does win, which he has said is an “investment” in beating Trump.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-exclusive-bloomberg-courting-voters-letter-25-million/story?id=68560751&cid=social_twitter_abcnp

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Bloomberg courting voters with letter to 2.5 million across every Super Tuesday state (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 OP
I'm in a Super Tuesday state. SamKnause Jan 2020 #1
He is sinking $$ into downballot races in Texas yellowdogintexas Jan 2020 #2
I don't want him to be president. SamKnause Jan 2020 #3
 

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
1. I'm in a Super Tuesday state.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 03:02 PM
Jan 2020

You can skip me Bloomberg.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

yellowdogintexas

(22,268 posts)
2. He is sinking $$ into downballot races in Texas
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jan 2020

those are very important for us, especially US House and Texas Lege, and a slew of judgeships

We have more Democrats running for Judicial Spots than we have had in over 30 years.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
3. I don't want him to be president.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 03:19 PM
Jan 2020

I hope I am not forced to vote for him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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