Insiders: Democrats More Confident in Ground Game

In assessing the all-important "ground game" in the presidential race, National Journal's Political Insiders were split. But Democrats were by far more confident of their own party's mastery of the nuts and bolts of field organizing than Republicans.

A full 98 percent of Democrats believed they had the edge in this arena, while six out of ten Republicans said the same for their own team's mastery of the campaign art.

"Huge Democratic advantage in the ground game may be the game changer," said one Democrat.

Many Insiders of both stripes referenced the fact that Democrats had more time to build a formidable organization in swing states while Mitt Romney was still busy staving off primary rivals. Obama also had the advantage of test-running a successful operation in 2008.



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