Keep Your Feet on the Ground

Forget the polls for a moment. Forget the TV ads, the media coverage, and the blogs. The determining factor in this election is likely on the ground. Voter registration efforts are just about done, so most political groups are shifting into get-out-the-vote (or GOTV…for those of you who are ITK…) mode. So, even though you’ve been bombarded by political ads and heard enough “expert” opinions on this election that you’re practically a pundit yourself by now, it may be that person with a clipboard who gets you to vote . The premise of the ground game is that sometimes a knock on your door, a phone call, or a free ride to the polls ultimately determines whether - or even how - you vote. The object of the game: whichever team (party) puts out the most knocks, phone calls, and poll shuttles - wins. Check out these play-by-play reports on the game in Ohio and Wisconsin. You’re likely to hear more about this as we get closer to Election Day, so stay tuned…
-Aaron Coles