Sign of the times: The return of campaign door knockers

After months hunkered down inside, field staff in the presidential and down-ballot campaigns are starting to hit the streets again

When the pandemic forced a national quarantine this spring, campaigns were confronted with the daunting prospect of permanently sidelining the most reliable method to reach voters: knocking on their doors.

Democrats’ restraint reflects the differing ways the presidential campaigns and their supporters have approached this stage of the Covid-19 crisis — a time when several states including Florida, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina have seen an uptick in cases. Biden, who is pitching an eight-point plan to reopen the economy, is giving speeches geared to TV audiences and organizing in-person events with a few masked participants.

Republican National Committee officials stressed that they aren't in a rush to start door knocking again and waited for guidance from states that they could resume. This includes limiting the number of people in local offices and practicing social distancing among their roughly 1,100 field staffers and state leadership teams.

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