The Virginia Republican Party hit the ground game hard across the commonwealth to get out the vote for Super Saturday.
Republicans made stops in Fairfax, Norfolk, and Albemarle County where Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling was trying to drum up support for the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The Lieutenant Governor was in town to participate in the grand opening of what's being called The Charlottesville Victory Office in Albemarle Square.
He wanted to encourage volunteers to remain dedicated to the grass roots push. Bolling energized conservative supporters Saturday saying a strong grassroots effort could return a Republican to the White House.
"It is critically important that we begin getting just regular everyday Virginians involved in the process of getting Mitt Romney elected the next president of the United States," Bolling told the crowd.
Political analysts agree, the ground game is important, but say women could make or break this election.
Kyle Kondik with the University of Virginia Center for Politics explained, "Romney probably winning men and [President} Obama winning women. Obama actually won both last time, but it was only men by one and women by 13."
The group Concerned Women for America is trying to cut into that lead by getting more conservative ladies out on the front lines.
"How to implement the door to door, the telephone banks, and the like so we can get the message out to women that we want them to bring their intellect, we want them to bring their experience."
Volunteers were already taking calls at the GOP's new Albemarle Square Office. But not to be out done, Democrats in the valley were trying to win voters to their side in a typically conservative part of Virginia.
"Even though we've had a recession, President Obama has increased the VA administration [Department of Veterans Affairs] and their money, and I appreciate that greatly. Also, I like the policy of having a fair chance for everyone," said Andrea Jackson of the Waynesboro Democrats.
As both sides gear up for an intense national campaign, Virginia remains a state that could mean winner takes all.
Bolling said the goal is of course to get Mitt Romney in the White House, but he also stressed that he will need a team once he gets there, asking people to support candidates George Allen and Robert Hurt as well.
