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Article: Gore pins hopes on pumping up turnout.(Nation)(Campaign 2000)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2000
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Al Gore's staff believes his get-out-the-vote effort is so strong it could help the vice president make up a four percentage point deficit going into Election Day.
But the Gore team's grass-roots strategy - the campaign's so-called "ground game" - will not matter unless the vice president's survey numbers remain within that margin of error figure.
Aides yesterday outlined parts of Mr. Gore's closing strategy, a combination of phone calls and issue advertisements they hope will halt Texas Gov. George W. Bush's momentum in traditionally Democratic states.
"We're excited about the endgame," Gore aide Tad Devine said in ...