So it’s important to not be over-exuberant; Trump is absolutely riding high right now, from the debacle of a debate for Biden to Judge Cannon dismissing the Jack Smith documents case to surviving an assassination attempt. But the right needs to focus on what takes place between now and November 5th, specifically on how every Republican and conservative can help Trump win by doing one simple thing: casting your ballot early.
While many still think of voting as a November-centric event, that is simply not true. It’s now election season in US politics and while the news cycle is pushing that from the forefront of people’s minds, that season is almost upon us, with ballots dropping and early in-person voting starting in many states by September. In North Carolina, voters will start receiving their ballots on September 6th. About ten days after that, early in-person voting starts in Pennsylvania, and five days after Pennsylvania, Virginia ballots drop and early in-person voting begins. So with all of this rapidly approaching, it’s crucial to understand the importance of early voting from both an economic and strategic standpoint.
There’s a prevailing sentiment among some conservatives that voting should only occur on Election Day using paper ballots. I do not disagree at all that this should be our future goal once we’ve secured the political power necessary to enact those changes. But the rules of how elections are conducted in this country, for better or worse, are set and won’t change between now and November 5th. So adhering strictly to this belief of Election Day only voting, in belief and practice, is not only impractical but actually extremely damaging to Republicans and conservatives, almost to the point where it feels like a psy op.