"People are just so used to getting robo-calls from other candidates -- when they realize that I'm a real person reaching out to them, that makes a huge difference," says Amirah in Philadelphia. "I think it's the essence of what makes this campaign different."
That's exactly it. Phone call by phone call, we are showing America that this campaign really is different.
Amirah's made over 1,000 calls in the last two months, connecting with voters in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and now Virginia for tomorrow's primary. Recently, she's been putting an hour in every evening and getting up early on Saturdays.
"After Iowa, it just felt like, OK, this is it. This is really happening. So I started doing phone calls because that's something I can do on my own time. It feels great -- you talk to so many undecideds, and when they hear that you're a volunteer, that you're not getting paid, that you're just doing this because you're personally invested -- that makes a big impression."
It just takes a few minutes to make a phone call, or half an hour to make 20. And, as Amirah points out:
"You can do it in your pajamas!"
So right now, it's early Monday night and we're nearly at 45,000 calls.
We're going for 100,000 by tomorrow night.
We can do this.
Pick up the phone now, and be one of the thousands of volunteers around the country joining Amirah in making calls to Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC to help get the vote out for Barack Obama.
Don't wait.
Let's keep Barack Obama's momentum going.
Make some calls!
My.BarackObama.com/Calls
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