Field offices are overrated.
@Lisbon1939 @Bigun @CatherineofAragon @mystery-ak Evidently, you don't know how elections are held. Every election is LOCAL, it happens in a county or parish. It is a true statement, "If you open an office, they will come." Our county was Democrat for many years. Then, my husband ran for, and became the Republican County Chairman. They had never had a Republican Primary. We opened a Republican Office, and the conservatives in the county came to it. We had the first Republican primary in the county's history. Within four general elections, there were more Republicans voting than Democrats. We elected Republican county commissioners and a county judge and a district attorney. I am not there anymore but it is still a Republican County now.
It takes offices to contact voters by phone, send out mailers, be a presence so voters can stop by the office and get yard signs, talk, etc., and get voters to the polls. If there is no visible presence of a party in the country/parish, you are at a terrible disadvantage from the get go.
Trump not having offices, is a huge mistake.