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DSI Postdoc Aaron Schein Pens Op-ed on 2020 Election Voter Mobilization for Financial Times
November 9, 2020
“If there is one thing both campaigns in this year’s U.S. presidential election can agree on, it is the success of the get-out-the-vote drive. Record turnouts brought the candidates more votes than ever before in history. But while Donald Trump’s Republican campaign employed the traditional tactic of sending canvassers door-to-door and holding large indoor rallies, Joe Biden’s, in accordance with social-distancing measures, was almost entirely virtual. Mr. Biden’s success means the onus is now on Democrats to show they can repeat those efforts, with run-offs for two pivotal Georgia Senate votes scheduled for January.”
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