Grassroots ground gamers tell The Federalist that Republicans have picked up the pace of late. But is it too little, too late?

Beth Campbell lives by a familiar motto in American politics: “If you don’t vote, don’t complain.”

“My family always voted. I have always voted. I don’t know why you wouldn’t,” Campbell, Republican National Committeewoman for Tennessee and member of the RNC’s executive committee, told The Federalist in an interview this week.

Campbell and crew are part of the Mighty American Strike Force, a group of devoted volunteers who, mostly at their own expense, travel to targeted battlegrounds and assist campaigns with everything from door-knocking and phone bank operations to social networking and running political rallies.

This weekend will be the Tennessee team’s first such trip to Virginia. They’ll be joined by some West Virginia conservatives, each understanding that the stakes for the commonwealth couldn’t be any higher.

For the moment, Republicans run Virginia’s executive branch — governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. Democrats narrowly control  both chambers of the General Assembly. That all is very much subject to change on Nov. 4.

According to a new Commonwealth Poll, the key statewide races are tightening, thanks in no small part to the favored Democrat candidates imploding in their own nastiness. So ground game, as always, is critical in the battle for the Old Dominion. And money. Always money.

New Jersey also has statewide races on the ballot next month. If Democrats win, liberals and their allies in corporate media will declare the victories a repudiation of President Donald Trump and his policies and an ominous sign for Republicans in next year’s midterms.

Grassroots ground gamers in Virginia tell The Federalist that Republicans have picked up the pace of late. But is it too little, too late? How are things really going? Depends who you ask.

“There is a clear path to victory, and the early vote totals look good as well,” a Virginia GOP official said.