Polls open in Mississippi in less than 48 hours, and right now supporters across the state are going block by block to talk to people in their community to Get Out the Vote for Barack.
Today's Mississippi Commercial Dispatch reported on the incredible experience of one group of supporters:
Neighborhood by neighborhood, dozens of Barack Obama campaign volunteers fanned out across the Golden Triangle today to blanket each home with campaign literature and urge voters to vote for Obama in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary. “We knocked on probably 70 houses this morning,” said Obama campaign volunteer Cheikh Taylor, of Starkville, Saturday afternoon, as he and childhood friend Carlos Harris picked up more door hangers and brochures at the Starkville Obama headquarters on Main Street at Level III. The two had been to the Rosedale neighborhood and were headed out to the Hancock Street neighborhood, Taylor's boyhood home. ... On Hancock Circle, you could say that the warm welcome greeting Taylor and Harris - and by extension, Obama - is because these men know nearly everyone on the block. But even in the Rosedale neighborhood, where these volunteers were virtually unknown, the response to the Illinois senator has been overwhelmingly supportive. “The response is that ‘he has my vote,'” said Taylor after canvassing in the morning. When residents were asked if the planned to vote Tuesday and if they intended to support Obama, the response was definite. “Oh, of course,” said George Tutton, who lives on Hancock Circle. “Oh, sure I plan to support him,” remarked Horace Montgomery, who lives a few doors down, and who noted Taylor and Harris were the first volunteers from any campaign to have knocked on his door this year. Obama, who started out in public service as a community organizer in poor neighborhoods in south Chicago, is someone Taylor, who works with Brickfire Project - which helps people acquire affordable housing - can relate to. … “That's what grassroots is. It starts from the bottom by each one of us and it grows,” said Taylor who sees Obama as something akin to a movement energized by its millions of voters and supporters. “People are starting to feel something they haven't in years,” remarked Taylor on his walk down Hancock Circle. “And that's they feel like they're a part of the political process.”
Neighborhood by neighborhood, dozens of Barack Obama campaign volunteers fanned out across the Golden Triangle today to blanket each home with campaign literature and urge voters to vote for Obama in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary. “We knocked on probably 70 houses this morning,” said Obama campaign volunteer Cheikh Taylor, of Starkville, Saturday afternoon, as he and childhood friend Carlos Harris picked up more door hangers and brochures at the Starkville Obama headquarters on Main Street at Level III. The two had been to the Rosedale neighborhood and were headed out to the Hancock Street neighborhood, Taylor's boyhood home. ... On Hancock Circle, you could say that the warm welcome greeting Taylor and Harris - and by extension, Obama - is because these men know nearly everyone on the block. But even in the Rosedale neighborhood, where these volunteers were virtually unknown, the response to the Illinois senator has been overwhelmingly supportive. “The response is that ‘he has my vote,'” said Taylor after canvassing in the morning.
When residents were asked if the planned to vote Tuesday and if they intended to support Obama, the response was definite. “Oh, of course,” said George Tutton, who lives on Hancock Circle. “Oh, sure I plan to support him,” remarked Horace Montgomery, who lives a few doors down, and who noted Taylor and Harris were the first volunteers from any campaign to have knocked on his door this year. Obama, who started out in public service as a community organizer in poor neighborhoods in south Chicago, is someone Taylor, who works with Brickfire Project - which helps people acquire affordable housing - can relate to. … “That's what grassroots is. It starts from the bottom by each one of us and it grows,” said Taylor who sees Obama as something akin to a movement energized by its millions of voters and supporters. “People are starting to feel something they haven't in years,” remarked Taylor on his walk down Hancock Circle. “And that's they feel like they're a part of the political process.”
One of the incredible stories of this campaign has been the way ordinary people all across the country have come together to change politics from the bottom up. Your efforts have gotten us to where we are now, but in this close race every state, every delegate, and every vote counts. That's why we need all of our supporters to help Get Out The Vote for Barack in Mississippi — especially on Monday and Tuesday. If you live in Mississippi, you can sign up today to join fellow supporters to canvass in your neighborhood. And no matter where you live, you can help by making calls to Mississippi voters from home, using our online phonebanking system.
Visit MS.BarackObama.com for more news and information from Mississippi.
