It's the Brian Lairn on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone, on Election Day, 2024. Did you know it's Election Day? Okay, Captain, obvious. Be quiet. And our election night

coverage, just to let you know, begins at 7 o'clock tonight when polls close in the first states,

including the first swing states. And, you know, there's nothing left for the candidates to do

except get out the vote now.

So let's talk about how the Trump and Harris campaigns have taken different approaches to getting voters to the ballot box.

The Harris campaign says it has roughly 2,000 staffers and 250 offices across the key swing states.

The Trump campaign is relying more on grassroots

volunteers instead of using paid canvassers and just Trump's appearances in the media, coverage

of his rallies, his presence on social media, those kinds of things. The Trump canvassers that

are paid are handled mainly by third

party groups run by people like the conservative group Turning Point, their leader Charlie Kirk,

and billionaire Elon Musk, who's been running a controversial and reportedly not very effective get out the vote campaign.

So let's talk about this.

Joining us to talk about how the Harris and Trump campaigns get out the vote strategies differ

and how they might play out as voters head to the polls today is Stephen Fowler, political

reporter with NPR's Washington desk.

Stephen, I've been hearing you on the network about every 20 minutes, it seems like,

so thanks for giving us some WNYC time. Welcome.

Thanks for having me. Happy to be back.

And listeners, any get out the vote stories, any canvassers or volunteers out there,

or anybody who has been contacted to try to get you

to the voting place if you haven't already been tell us a get out the vote story or ask a question

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