The Real Problem With the Democrats’ Ground Game
Democratic organizers are hesitant to admit when get-out-the-vote efforts don’t work. One group is trying to change that.
Russell Berman
Russell Berman is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Since joining The Atlantic in 2014, Russell has written extensively about Congress, political reform, and policy experiments in states and cities. He previously covered the House of Representatives for The Hill newspaper and served as a Washington correspondent for the New York Sun.
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