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Polk County registered Republicans
168,079
Polk County registered Democrats
158,700
Advantage Republicans
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Polk County Campaign Victory Offices
All of our Victory Offices have Trump signs as well as signs and support literature for other Republican candidates.
Click on the Campaign Victory office address above for information on hours of operation and contact information.
Special Events and Notices
THE BACKHOE CHRONICLES LABOR DAY UPDATE:
Was(is) the lockdown “cure” worse that the virus itself?
The answer increasingly seems to be yes.
As novelist Lionel Shriver writes, “We’ve never before responded to a contagion by closing down whole countries.” The 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 70,000 and 116,000 Americans, between 0.04 percent and 0.07 percent of the nation’s population. The 1968-70 Hong Kong flu killed about 100,000, 0.05 percent of the population.
The US coronavirus death toll of 186,000 is about 0.055 percent of the current population. It will go higher, but it’s about the same magnitude as those other two flus, and it has been less deadly to those under 65 than those flus were. Yet there were no statewide lockdowns; no massive school closings; no closings of office buildings and factories, restaurants and museums. No one considered shutting down the Woodstock. Music Festival in 1969 (lol). To continue reading click here
Message from State Committeeman Ed Shoemaker
Poll Watchers Urgently Needed to Ensure Vote Integrity
Hello! This is RPOF State Committeeman, Dr. Ed Shoemaker. I am happy to announce that State Committeewoman, Amilee Stuckey, and I have been named to oversee the entire, Polk Election Day Operations (EDO), joined by Attorney David Carmichael as lead attorney.
These appointments have been made by Polk County GOP Chair, JC Martin, and Brooke M Renney, Florida Election Day Operations Director for President, Inc.
The EDO operation will be responsible for recruiting, training, and scheduling poll watchers and roving attorneys to help assure election day integrity of the vote. To have just 1 poll watcher per polling location would require 167 people, but it’s a long day and ideally we’d like to have multiple poll watchers per location.
If you can volunteer a few hours on November 3 to help ensure voter integrity please contact:
E Shoemaker – ed.shoemaker@polkgop.org (863) 899-2162 OR
Amilee Stuckey – amilee.stuckey@polkgop.org (863) 223-8462
Sign up today to be a poll watcher!!
Upcoming Events
Here are some of the events coming up for the Polk Republican Party:
- September 3, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Phone Banking and Pizza. 4PM – 6PM Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. For more information click here.
- September 17, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Phone Banking and Pizza. 4PM – 6PM Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. For more information click here.
- September 17, 2020 – Constitution Day. Celebrate the birthday of our form of government. “A Republic, if you can keep it” Ben Franklin.
- September 22, 2020 – REC monthly meeting. Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. Meeting starts at 6:30PM.
- September 23, 2020 – 40 Day Flag Wave. Flag Wave every day at the corner of US-27/South Blvd in Davenport from 4:30-6:00 PM September 23-November 2. No need to pre-register Just Show Up! Contact Steve Larsen 863-206-1317 RCOGEPC.COM
- September 26, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Walk and Knock. Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. Meeting time is 9:00am ending usually between 11:30am – 12:00pm. Come and meet RPOF Chairman Joe Gruters today. For more information click here.
- October 1, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Phone Banking and Pizza. 4PM – 6PM Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. For more information click here.
- October 3, 2020 – Keep America for God and Country Rally. Out door rally featuring live music, BBQ, candidates, speakers, voter registration, signs, shirts, flags and more. Starts at 6PM Believers Fellowship Church located at 5240 N Scrocum Loop Road, Lakeland. For more info visit www.libertycalling.us.
- October 15, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Phone Banking and Pizza. 4PM – 6PM Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. For more information click here.
- October 29, 2020 – Trump Victory Team Phone Banking and Pizza. 4PM – 6PM Winter Haven Victory HQ, Inman Baptist Church, 1800 6th Street NW. For more information click here.