Republicans Launch Ground Game to Defend Tax Bill

Morning Consult: “For several months, state Republican Party affiliates have been pushing the GOP tax bill through a quiet ‘ground game’ initiative targeting voters in states that are emerging as potential 2018 battlegrounds – even before the final contours and details of the package were set by GOP negotiators on Capitol Hill.”

“Some Republicans view the campaign – which has been prominent in major battlegrounds like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada – as a dry run for next year’s midterm elections, in which the GOP will defend majorities in both the House and the Senate.”