GOTV Day 1: A smashing success!

Good morning. What a day yesterday!!!! Day 1 of our Get Out The Vote effort was extraordinary by just about every conceivable measure. The Buckingham Green office where I am based put ~350 volunteers to work. This is more people than we usually have had at the N. Main St. central office on a typical Saturday. And Buckingham Green is just one of 13 new staging areas!!! I have not heard how many volunteers we had in total yesterday across all the offices, but I am guessing the number had to be at least 1,200 to 1,500. All in one day! Simply amazing.

Thankfully, it was a beautiful day here in Bucks County. Most volunteers went out canvassing. That meant going door-to-door to homes that have identified themselves as Obama supporters. At each house, we left a 'door hanger' vote reminder and campaign lit and reminded them to vote. The target for the day was ~9,000 houses. We reached 93% of our target and talked with ~60%.

All in all, it was such a successful day that Jolie, the Campaign staffer who runs our office rewarded us with an extra hour of sleep before we need to return to the office Sunday morning. :)

Grant

PS: Lara, one of the office's lead volunteers is pictured above (on the left) with a friend in front of the new office.