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"The ground game" has always included "finding out if your supporters have voted yet, and calling them if not." Long before the Internet. It's just that now it
by Cupertino95014 4y ago
"The ground game" has always included "finding out if your supporters have voted yet, and calling them if not." Long before the Internet.
It's just that now it's much more efficient, more accessible to more people, and it isn't just on Election Day, but for the whole period of early voting. So that might be a good reason to stop releasing the information.
- Spooky23 4y agoI’d disagree. The old ground game empowered political machines. It sucks that successful “grassroots“ candidates tend to be… really awful today. But the parties, particularly the Democratic Party will eventually figure out how to actually appeal to people.
- Cupertino95014 4y agoI don't quite understand your point. "The old ground game empowered political machines." so that was a good thing?