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Which campaign has the better ground game?

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Republican strategist and friend of Americano Luke Thompson joins Freddy Gray to talk about the ground game of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. From postal voting, to party registration, to machine politics, whose is better? And what impact did Biden’s exit from the race have on the organized parts of the Democratic Party? 

With Luke’s unique insight working on two current Senate races, and as a longtime consultant to vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, they analyze the state of an election that continues to be unpredictable. 

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