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[VA] In Last Push, Both Parties Have Same Focus: Turnout
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 02, 2007 12:02am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, November 2, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Tim Craig and Anita Kumar
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, November 2, 2007; Page B01
RICHMOND, Nov. 1 -- Hundreds of party activists from other states are planning to join Democratic and Republican workers in Virginia this weekend to help get out the vote in Tuesday's state legislative election, an effort that some officials describe as the first battle of next year's presidential and U.S. Senate races.
The most expensive General Assembly campaign in history, and one of the most negative, is now shifting to the all-important ground game, in which both parties are trying to get their supporters out to the polls in what is traditionally a low-turnout legislative election.
Virginia Republicans, seeking to maintain control of the General Assembly, are trying to match a sophisticated Democratic get-out-the-vote effort. Republicans are busing in volunteers from as far away as Texas, while the Maryland Democratic Party sent out an urgent e-mail Thursday looking for volunteers to send to Virginia this weekend.
"It's an 'all-hands-on-deck' type of thing," said John H. Hager, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
Republicans and Democrats say they view Tuesday's election as a key test of GOP resiliency after the Republicans lost two successive governor's races and last year's U.S. Senate race. And with signs that Virginia's 13 electoral votes could be up for grabs in next year's presidential race, the national party committees are sending people and money to Virginia to test turnout strategies they plan to deploy nationwide in 2008. |
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