Republican get-out-the-vote strategy worked ... for Democrats

Last month, a week into early voting, Knoxville City Council incumbents and Democratic operatives were getting nervous as conservatives, many who had never voted in a city election before, cast ballots in droves.

The hope, they said, was that the last few days of early voting and Election Day would bring progressives out to vote. In the meantime, the Democratic party apparatus that had largely been dormant leading up to the election sprung into action, running phone banks and knocking on doors. In the last seven days, staffers called more than 10,000 voters.

As results rolled in Tuesday night, Democrats had their answer: While Knox County government is firmly controlled by Republicans, the city shines blue.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/02/knoxville-knox-county-tennessee-city-council-election-results-2021-democrats-gop/6191913001/
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It worked somewhere, anyway, if not in Virginia! *sourly eying my morning coffee*