I know a lot of us are exhausted. A lot of us want to catch up on our sleep, our day jobs, and our families. Why are we still in this sprint? Because this is our time. And Change We Can Believe In is also Change We Can Achieve.
Want to know how phone calls, canvassing, and small donations can switch an election's outcome? This site contains the answer: https://www.msu.edu/~sheppa28/elections.html The electoral vote result in past elections would have been different with the switch of the following number of popular votes:
In 2004, 57,787 votes would have given us President Kerry
In 2000, 269 votes would have given us President Gore
In 1996, 575,515 votes would have given us President Dole
In 1992, 284,837 votes would have have made Bush 41 a two termer
In 1988, 537,766 votes would have given us President Dukakis
In 1984, 2,675,811 votes would have given us President Mondale (I know, that result wouldn't have changed based on some phone calls)
In 1980, 731,189 votes would have made Carter a two-termer
In 1976, 9,246 votes would have re-elected President Ford
In 1972, 3,174,786 votes would have elected President McGovern and spared us Watergate
In 1968, 135,284 votes would have elected President Humphry
In 1964, 2,058,258 votes would have elected President Goldwater
In 1960, 11,874 votes would have put Nixon in the White House much earlier
269 votes. 9,246 votes. 11,874 votes. These are all numbers small enough that a mid-sized city like Fresno can provide the field support to switch the outcome ALL ON ITS OWN.
At Camp Obama, Kevin Johnson told us that we need to not just stop at the finish line, but to SPRINT THROUGH the finish line. He's right. We can make those numbers.
If this is a 269, or 9,246, or 11,874 vote election, lets make sure we don't wake up the morning of November 5 and think "we could have been the difference." No, we're going to wake up and think "we WERE the difference." Us. Right here in Fresno. Yes we can!
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