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Aides pointed to higher-than-usual turnout for Democratic absentee ballots in Iowa and a large number of early returns in Washington State's first-ever mail-in balloting, much of which is coming from Democratic strongholds...
...Democrats have been plotting to win back the House since the Gingrich revolution, and hope that a strong turnout from the Democratic base will carry Gore and Congressional candidates to victory...
Gore is probably fine in Tampa, provided he gets a good turnout among blacks, Hispanics and working-class whites. Many of the Cuban and Italian graybeards who drink big, foamy cups of cafe con leche and talk politics every morning at the La Ideal Cafeteria and the West Tampa Sandwich Shop said they are going to stick with the Democratic ticket, even though Gore is like a bowl of black beans without the onions and spice. "I like Gore on Social Security and the environment," said Carlos Reyes, 55, who runs a medical-billing company. But Reyes says people will...
...about down-and-dirty campaign advertising, among them this: if you have to do it, do it late. So right on schedule, gut-punching ads hit the airwaves last week in the handful of ground-zero states as both parties and their sympathetic special-interest groups worked to boost turnout among the faithful--or drive it down...
...Byrd ad, running in 10 states where black-voter turnout could make the difference, is part of a $2 million-plus campaign by the N.A.A.C.P. National Voter Fund. The group said it would replace the ad this week with a less graphic version, as part of a planned rotation. But Heather Booth, the group's executive director, makes no apologies. "Sometimes the truth hurts," she says...