PRESS RELEASE from South Carolina
Republican Party
May 17, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
South Carolina Republican Party
Contact: Matt Moore, Executive Director
South Carolina
Republican Party and North Carolina Republican Party Announce
Partnership to Defeat President Obama in November
Columbia, S.C.- In coordination with the Republican National Committee
(RNC), the South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) and the North
Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today announced that they will
immediately begin to coordinate volunteer efforts to defeat President
Barack Obama in the crucial battleground state of North Carolina this
November.
As a solidly red state, South Carolina and the SCGOP are in a unique
position to contribute volunteer resources to the already immensely
successful voter outreach efforts being conducted by the NCGOP and the
RNC's Victory operations in North Carolina.
"The South Carolina Republican Party has pledged to provide at least
1,000 volunteers to work the phones, knock on doors, and register
voters in North Carolina in advance of Election Day," said SCGOP
Chairman Chad Connelly.
"South Carolina is not a battleground state, but our close proximity to
North Carolina provides our volunteers the unique opportunity to make a
big difference in what will be a crucial battleground state and home of
the Democratic National Convention. I'm extremely proud that South
Carolina Republicans are extending our 'First in the South'
presidential primary tradition into being a major force in Republican
efforts to defeat President Obama this fall. These efforts will in no
way impact the South Carolina Republican Party's ability to support
volunteer operations for candidates in South Carolina, but rather will
give motivated volunteers a great opportunity to make a difference in
an important, battleground state. Carolina Republicans are united to
defeat Barack Obama."
"Republicans are uniting across the country to defeat President Obama
and I'm proud that our friends from South Carolina will be joining with
us to deliver a decisive loss to President Obama in North Carolina on
Election Day," said NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes.
"While President Obama's ground game in North Carolina is being plagued
by a sexual harassment scandal at the North Carolina Democratic Party,
our already impressive efforts are becoming stronger by the day. The
North Carolina Republican Party and the Republican National Committee
have started our voter outreach efforts earlier than ever in North
Carolina and by partnering with South Carolina we will be in an even
stronger position to elect Mitt Romney as our next president."
"The Republican Party is singularly focused on defeating President
Obama and this partnership is one more sign that our efforts continue
to gather momentum heading into November," said RNC Chairman Reince
Priebus. "North Carolina is a mess for President Obama and today's
announcement will help ensure Republicans turn North Carolina red once
again this upcoming Election Day."
In addition to the South Carolina Republican Party's pledge to provide
at least 1,000 volunteers to work on-the-ground in North Carolina, they
have also pledged to utilize the RNC's Social Victory Center at
volunteer centers in South Carolina where volunteers will make
thousands of phone calls to North Carolina voters before Election Day
in November.
The RNC has started its Victory operations earlier than ever in North
Carolina and recently announced that Senator Richard Burr will serve as
the RNC's Victory Chairman in North Carolina.
In last Tuesday's North Carolina primary election, more total voters
cast a ballot for Republicans than voted for President Obama and there
was an 87% increase from 2008 in the number of Republican ballots cast.
In contrast to the enthusiasm demonstrated by Republican voters, 21% of
people who voted Democrat chose to vote for 'no preference' over
President Obama. Since 2008, the number of registered Democrats in
North Carolina has dropped by 131,226 and represents more than 9 times
the 14,000 votes that Obama won the state by in 2008.
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