ground game
n.— «With polls showing an agonizingly tight contest between Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals and also among Republicans, the quirky statewide caucuses on Thursday could rest on who has the best “ground game,” in campaign parlance.» —“Iowa’s electoral mathematics hides key to victory” Arab Times (Safat, Kuwait) Jan. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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