President Donald Trump can’t hold his large energetic rallies because of the coronavirus. But his campaign has discovered the next best thing: massive pro-Trump flotillas that are taking his message to waterways across the country.
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Michigan has the nation’s sixth-highest rate of boat ownership, according to the most recent state-by-state data compiled by the National Marine Manufacturers Association, an industry trade group.
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In Florida, Trump has a net approval rating among boat owners of about 18 percentage points — at least six times higher than his statewide net approval number — according to the campaign’s voter profile models, which consist of 3,000 different public and consumer data points.
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Arizona has more than 123,000 registered boat owners who enjoy Lake Havasu, Lake Powell, Theodore Roosevelt Lake and the Salt River. As a newly minted swing state where the presidential contest figures to be more competitive than ever before, Adams noted, the race in Arizona could be won at the margins “and who knows? Maybe the race could come down to a few thousand votes or maybe even boaters.”
若有若无的雨丝飘着，混合着微寒的初夏晨风，湖上生出几分莫名的萧索凄美，令人亦不自觉地生出浓浓的客居他乡意。
坐在dock上, 我正用鱼竿钓着周末奇怪的一池清冷，忽闻水上参差号角之声，隐约是美国国歌。遁声看向湖的尽头，未几，拐角一排几只boat 进入视线 ，继而几十只，实则是几百只，旌旗招展，号乐不断，水波震荡，船队逶迤，令我领略到几分百万雄狮过大江之势。
及至船队很近了，我才从震撼中挣脱出来，脑子反应出这是游行，另类游行。我谨遵自己远离任何游行的原则，为不显仓促无礼，我轻缓地放下鱼竿站起身，对前边看得见我的人们微笑着挥挥手致意，然后踏着不紧不慢的步子，逃回家里。
这几百只船上，大多插着星条旗和写着Trump的蓝色旗帜，小部分没有，或许是支持者临时加入。游行船只有国歌与欢叫声，没有口号，唯一听到的语言是一艘船上大声量播放着川总MAGA的演说录音。
热闹快过时，我才想起用手机匆匆拍下几张照片，游行船队过后一个小时，湖上空空如也，又过了一个小时，才看到三两只船叫醒沉寂的湖。
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/trump-new-kind-of-rally-flotilla-288141
President Donald Trump can’t hold his large energetic rallies because of the coronavirus. But his campaign has discovered the next best thing: massive pro-Trump flotillas that are taking his message to waterways across the country.
...
Michigan has the nation’s sixth-highest rate of boat ownership, according to the most recent state-by-state data compiled by the National Marine Manufacturers Association, an industry trade group.
...
In Florida, Trump has a net approval rating among boat owners of about 18 percentage points — at least six times higher than his statewide net approval number — according to the campaign’s voter profile models, which consist of 3,000 different public and consumer data points.
...
Arizona has more than 123,000 registered boat owners who enjoy Lake Havasu, Lake Powell, Theodore Roosevelt Lake and the Salt River. As a newly minted swing state where the presidential contest figures to be more competitive than ever before, Adams noted, the race in Arizona could be won at the margins “and who knows? Maybe the race could come down to a few thousand votes or maybe even boaters.”