Happy St. Patrick's Day from Students for Obama!
Sen. Obama speaking in front of a crowd of 9,000 at Jackson State University on Monday, March 10th. The next day Sen. Obama won the Mississippi primary overwhelmingly, including taking some 73 percent of all votes from 17-29 year olds, according to MSNBC exit polls.
The Pennsylvania Ground Game
By Justin Charity
Legions of loyal supporters have begun spreading the energy of our movement to the doorsteps of Pennsylvania. Following our recent victories in Wyoming and Mississippi, volunteers throughout the state are canvassing Pennsylvania’s political landscape in search of new supporters. The Philadelphia Inquirer offered up its own critique of Obama’s organizational efforts in the state:
While Obama's goal is to expand the Democratic electorate in Pennsylvania, Clinton is hardly as focused on doing the same. The New York senator's campaign said it had no similar voter-registration drive because that is not central to its strategy; Clinton has done better in closed-primary states, so it is not a necessity for her to lure independents, Republicans or new voters.
With Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary soon approaching, our campaign is crafting a competitive ground game to bolster our prospects in the state, and to bring new voters into the process, just as we’ve done across this country throughout the course of this campaign:
A key target are the state's 35 largest colleges, where, the campaign estimates, 327,000 undergraduates are up for grabs. Dozens of organizers have been dispatched to secure those voters.Temple Students for Barack Obama, for instance, is a campaign-sanctioned group with "dorm leaders" and "dorm captains" responsible for visiting every residence hall to find new voters.
A key target are the state's 35 largest colleges, where, the campaign estimates, 327,000 undergraduates are up for grabs. Dozens of organizers have been dispatched to secure those voters.
Temple Students for Barack Obama, for instance, is a campaign-sanctioned group with "dorm leaders" and "dorm captains" responsible for visiting every residence hall to find new voters.
On April 22nd, it’s all eyes on Pennsylvania, and we’ve begun to lay the groundwork another grassroots movement in the making. Read the full Philadelphia Enquirer article here.
State College Office Opening
Jay Paterno and members of the Penn State Football Team will be joining Obama Staff, community members, and student leaders in opening the new Obama office tomorrow, March 18th, at 5:30pm. The office is located at 224 S. Allen St., and everyone is encouraged to attend.
In Other News…
Students for Obama chapters at Universities in Northeastern PA are organizing for the voter registration drive. You can read about it here. And Penn State students have a huge registration goal, which you can read about here.
Sen. Obama was in Indiana last week, speaking at Plainfield High School, where he spoke on issues of college affordability and a more united country. Read more about it from the Indiana Daily Student here.
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