ERIE, Pa.–As voters drown in a sea of high-priced, negative TV and radio ads, grassroots groups can throw them a lifeline: a meaningful personal interaction that might snare their votes, if research findings hold.
One such group is being formed in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, to build support for former President Donald Trump. The new group is patterned after a similar organization in Florida, where Dr. Anthony Ruffa now lives after working 35 years as a physician in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Ruffa saw Club 47 USA, the nation’s largest organized group of Trump supporters, draw droves to its meetings in Palm Beach County, Florida. Inspired, Ruffa joined forces with four politically savvy people to launch a group called AmFirst 47 in Erie County….