CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) - At this stage of the election, the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What's left is to get out the vote.
A knock at the door, a chat with a neighbor, a text: Campaigns make final swing-state push
CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) - At this stage of the election, the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What's left is to get out the vote.
It's a crucial step that can make or break campaigns, turning Americans into voters by nudging them to the polls - or the mailbox or ballot drop-box - with their choices.
Democrats this year are relying on a traditional strategy of targeted phone calls, text messages and door-knocking, from the party and its allies, to encourage turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris. Former President Donald Trump has outsourced much of the Republican operation to groups such as America PAC, the organization supported by billionaire Elon Musk, which has taken the unorthodox and possibly illegal step of giving away $1 million a day in prize money.
Now the two sides are going head-to-head to get their voters out in battleground states: