Political observers said potential voters should expect to surges in activity from both the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns.
The first debate acts as a sort of "home stretch" entering moment for the campaign, which means volunteers and staff need to focus on their specific get out the vote efforts.
"Trump is going to try in vain to put some kind of ground war together whereas Hillary is continuing along a very conventional path of how to run for president," said Jerold Duquette, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Central Connecticut State University.
He said television viewers and social media users could also expect to see a barrage of ads, so voters always have candidates somewhere in their minds.
Democrats have a ground game that includes hundreds of volunteers around Connecticut with experience in electioneering, and those figures could swell to into the thousands by election day.
Michael Mandell, the party's Executive Director, said door-knocking and making phone calls is critical between now and November 8.
“At this point it’s about taking what happened last night, transferring it into our communities around the state and we make sure we get our voters out.”
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For Republicans, even though Connecticut is a leaning blue state by some measures, they know they can see success in down ballot elections. The strategy moving forward is to keep linking Hillary Clinton to Dan Malloy and hope that leads to general election success.
“You have heard Hillary Clinton say literally the same thing Dan Malloy has said which is that the wealthy need to pay more," said JR Romano, the Chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party. "That’s what we did here in Connecticut and what did we see? Businesses leaving, businesses closing. That’s the legacy of Dan Malloy and it’s going to be the legacy of the country if we elect Hillary Clinton.”
