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SENATE
GOP:
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55
45 |
55
45 |
0
0 |
HOUSE
GOP:
DEMS:
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228
206
1 |
223
211
1 |
-5
+5
0 |
GOVERNOR
GOP:
DEMS:
IND: |
32
17
1 |
31
17
2 |
-1
0
+1 |
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Dems poured big bucks into final get-out-the-vote drive
By Carin Dessauer/CNN
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ATLANTA (November 3) -- Democrats spent more than $30 million on a massive 11th-hour get-out-the-vote effort, including, for the first time, taped telephone messages from the president, first lady and vice president in 30 states.
"We focused like a laser beam on the voters we knew that had to turn and we used repetitive contacts -- three, four, five, six, seven and eight times -- to
targeted demographic groups," a senior party official told CNN. "We targeted numerous demographic groups including Latinos, Hispanics,
Asians, Native Americans, African Americans and women."
In one of the targeted telephone calls, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged
African-American voters to vote.
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"This is Hillary Rodham Clinton and I'm calling to remind you that on
Tuesday, November 3, you have the power to make this country a better place for our children," the script for one of those calls read.
"The Democrats have an agenda that makes a commitment to our children's
future -- like hiring 100,000 new teachers and reducing class sizes ... The
Republican have spent the last two years talking about everything but
issues ... They're counting on the fact that solid Democratic voters, like
African Americans, will stay home on Election Day."
"So remember on Tuesday, November 3 -- let's send a message. Vote -- your
children's future depends on it."
"There is no way we would have won (the re-election of Sen. Ernest)
Hollings (D-South Carolina) and (ousted Republican Gov. David Beasley with Democrat Jim) Hodges had we not run this kind of program," the Democratic official said. "We put $2.2 million into GOTV (get out the vote) in South Carolina."
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The party spent more than $2 million in New York and $5.8 million in
California. The Democrats acknowledge that this helped Charles Schumer upset Sen. Al D'Amato.
The Democrats targeted women into five groups: non-college women,
blue-collar, suburban, young and senior women.
The first lady's telephone calls rang in New York, Iowa, California,
Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Washington and New Mexico.
The Democrats also produced extremely targeted get-out-the-vote direct
mail pieces for Lithuanian, Irish, German, Arab and Armenian ethnic groups.
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