Washington, U.S.A. — The Coalition of Americans for Political Equality PAC (CAPE PAC) is launching a major Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) campaign targeting Independent voters in support of U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Flake in the August 28 Republican primary.

Flake currently represents the Sixth Congressional District of Arizona and is serving his sixth term in Congress. His opponent in the Republican Senate primary race is real estate mogul Wil Cardon.

“Our aim is to target Independents in Arizona to raise awareness about Congressman Flake and help GOTV for him in the primary at the end of August,” CAPE PAC’s Chairman Jeff Loyd said.

According to the June voter registration report from Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, there are currently 3.1 million registered voters in the state. Approximately two-thirds of registered voters are either Democrat or Republican, whereas over one million are listed as “Other” or Independent.

Arizona ‘s primaries are semi-closed, which means that Democrats cannot vote in Republican primaries and vice versa. However, registered Independent voters can participate in whichever primary they choose. Still, one of the largest issues in Arizona is that Independent voters do not know that they can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primaries.

“Unfortunately many of these Independent voters don’t realize their rights and that they can still get out and vote for whomever they choose. Our efforts are aimed at helping to spread the word with Independents in Arizona about what a great Senator Jeff Flake will make. We hope to keep a seat in Arizona for the Republican Party, and help Flake become a strong, fiscal Conservative voice for The Grand Canyon State in the years to come,” Loyd said.

CAPE PAC expects to reach hundreds of thousands of Independent voters in the weeks leading up to the late August primary to help Flake get past the primary and head to election victory in November.

CAPE PAC has participated in various other elections through the United States, including Republican primaries in Indiana, Nebraska and Texas. The PAC uses digital media and broadcast/phone call campaign efforts to support strong Conservative candidates.

The Coalition of Americans for Political Equality Political Action Committee (CAPE PAC) is a non-profit political organization dedicated to restoring conservative values in the politicians elected to represent all citizens of the United States of America. Through the utilization of tools in the CAPE PAC advocacy center, CAPE PAC claims to assist an informed and active citizenry in their drive for change in the political landscape this November and beyond.

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The disastrous debt ceiling debate is not going well for anyone. Eric Cantor looks like a spoiled brat; President Obama appears like he cannot force Congress to get this simple thing done and the rest of Congress looks relatively incompetent as well. However, the debt ceiling debacle is helping out Obama’s image with one highly sought after group-independent voters. And Obama knows this.

“It’s important for the American people that everybody in this town set politics aside, that everybody in this town set our individual interests aside, and we try to do some tough stuff. And I’ve already taken some heat from my party for being willing to compromise,” Obama said Friday as he delivered a message to Republicans worried about angering the GOP’s right flank. “My expectation and hope is, is that everybody, in the coming days, is going to be willing to compromise,” he said pointedly.

Over the past week or so, Obama has continually pointed out that he is willing to compromise to solve the debt ceiling debate, even offering up Medicare and Social Security as sacrificial lambs, angering the progressives.

Republicans have been insisting on no tax increases at all as part of a debt-and-spending deal. Critics call it an extreme position, noting that U.S. tax revenues are at near-historic lows as a share of the overall economy. Meanwhile, top Democrats have opposed Obama’s proposal to scale back cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients, among other changes to entitlement programs.

People following the debate know that Obama “has been more than willing to make hard sacrifices to reach a compromise,” said Matt Bennett of Third Way, a Democratic-leaning group that pushes for bipartisan accords and moderate policies. Although Obama will take some of the blame if a debt crisis occurs, independent voters will be more likely to side with Obama. “They say polarization is bad for the country,” Bennett said, “and extreme ideology is a road to nowhere.”

Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that independent voters are more concerned about the inability to raise the debt ceiling by the deadline. This could serve to help Obama next year for re-election, especially when compared against the Republican field of candidates who offer no solution on the debt ceiling.

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