{"id":1902730,"date":"2023-03-22T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-megadonor-reid-hoffman-looking-to-edge-trump-out-of-gop-presidential-primary\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T09:47:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:47:11","slug":"democrat-megadonor-reid-hoffman-looking-to-edge-trump-out-of-gop-presidential-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-megadonor-reid-hoffman-looking-to-edge-trump-out-of-gop-presidential-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman looking to edge Trump out of GOP presidential primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-megadonor-reid-hoffman-looking-to-edge-trump-out-of-gop-presidential-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n            <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_79487355\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\">\n            <\/div>\n<p>            <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"Brid_79487355\", {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1266707\"}); <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman is planning to analyze state trends to determine where Democrats need to focus their efforts leading up to the 2024 presidential election. Hoffman and his top advisor, Dmitri Mehlhorn, are working to influence the GOP primary by studying early voting states and analyzing party registration requirements, demographic groups, state GOP nominating rules, and media presence. Through these efforts, they hope to edge former President Donald Trump out of the GOP primary race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source>\n                    <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                        Reid Hoffman seen during a live recording of the hit podcast &#8220;Masters of Scale&#8221; with Robert F. Smith on day three of Summit LA19 in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Los Angeles.<br \/>\n                    <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                        (Photo by Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP)\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hoffman plans to spend as much as possible to ensure Trump is beaten in the primary race, and has previously campaigned for President Joe Biden, donating over $2 million to super PACs backing Biden&#8217;s candidacy in 2020. Hoffman has donated over $4 million to his preferred congressional candidates during the 2022 midterm elections, as his philosophy centers on electing centrist Democrats, in order to win general elections and ultimately defeat Republicans. Mehlhorn, Hoffman&#8217;s top advisor, has expressed his belief that far-left groups such as the Justice Democrats PAC help the MAGA movement by attacking centrist Democrats who can win general elections. Although these efforts could make Biden&#8217;s reelection slightly more contentious, a Quinnipiac University poll released on March 15 shows that Biden would beat both Trump and Republican Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. <\/p>\n<p>Despite not announcing his candidacy, DeSantis is considered a potential presidential candidate and some, including Rep. Chip Roy, have endorsed the Florida Governor. Hoffman is not planning to back DeSantis over Trump or view him as an existential threat, but rather focuses his efforts on finding viable candidates to defeat Republicans in the general elections, which is crucial in ensuring a Democratic victory in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Democratic donor Reid Hoffman is gearing up to push former President Donald Trump out of the GOP presidential primary by analyzing state trends to see where Democrats need to focus their efforts heading into the 2024 presidential election. Influencing the GOP race is a priority for Hoffman and Dmitri Mehlhorn, Hoffman&#8217;s top adviser. 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