WASHINGTON: The Democrats and Republicans have ramped up communications leading up to the midterm elections on November 2, with the state of the economy taking center stage.

“We are continuing our efforts to contact voters and drive them to the polls,” Doug Heye, communications director for the Republican National Committee, tells PRWeek in an e-mail. “So far this year, our volunteers have contacted more than 34 million voters, more than we did in the entire 2008 cycle, and that's helped ...