Iowa caucuses: Hutchinson campaign hopes door knocking campaign helps push him into top four
Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson is pulling out all the stops in the final days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, according to his campaign.
Hutchinson is hosting meet-and-greets in Iowa every day until Jan. 15. The campaign said hosting in-person events with the White House hopeful is their main strategy.
"For us, it's all about putting him in front of as many people face-to-face in their local hangout as possible," Taylor Mattox, the political director for the campaign, said.
The latest shows Hutchinson polling at one percent. Mattox said they want a top-four finish on caucus night.
"I think expectations for the governor across the board are fairly low at this point," he said. "I think he's really going to come out and shock the world."
Mattox said they are pulling out all the stops in order to do that. He said the campaign usually lets outside groups and volunteers handle things like door-knocking.
But on Sunday, they broke out of their normal routine. Hutchinson took matters into his own hands and shook hands with people in a neighborhood in Urbandale. The presidential candidate joined volunteers and went from one door to the next to make his pitch to Iowa voters.
Mattox told vlog that one of the biggest challenges for the campaign has been selling Hutchinson's brand of politics and breaking into the news cycle.
"Unlike some of the other candidates, we're not going to go out there and say stuff because we know it's going to get clicks, and it's going to get eyeballs," Mattox said.
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But the campaign believes if anyone can do it, it's the former governor himself.
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