The campaign of Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) is actively getting out the early vote, which opened today, in the home stretch of the June 8 Democratic Senate primary runoff against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter.
A cell phone text message sent by Lincoln’s campaign to her supporter list said: “Early voting has begun! Find your early voting location, take a friend and go vote for Blanche Lincoln! http://bit.ly/ARvote Forward this message to 5 friends!”
This represents a key lesson from the 2008 election, when the Obama campaign vigorously began getting out the vote right from when the early-vote periods opened in different states, banking leads over John McCain in key states that he was unable to overcome when November 4 came around. In a state with liberalized absentee and early-voting laws, “Election Day” truly begins with early voting, and with the polls closing on a particular Tuesday evening down the road.
The TPM Poll Average currently gives Halter a lead of 47.3%-44.7%
