Canvassing

"Clipboard Zombies" Find Their Foe In Boulder Ad Agency

Boulder Daily Camera | Laura Snider | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Pearl Street Mall, Environment Colorado, Denver News, Clipboard Zombies, Pearl Street, Nonprofit Canvassing, Boulder Colorado, Mighty Fudge Studios, Canvassing, Denver News

After Mighty Fudge Studios moved to the west end of the Pearl Street Mall last year, it didn't take long before the employees began to realize that wo...

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Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volutneers, Marymount, Youth Vote, Students for Clinton, New York Primary, St. John's, Broadway, Policy Positions, Clinton Volunteers, Policy, Students, Barack Obama, New York, New York City, Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Primary, Canvassing, Home News

"The majority of my friends who are voting for Obama can't give me any substantive reason as to why they are voting for him," she said.

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Fired Up for the Final Two Weeks

Jeremy Bird | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic National Committee, Android, Organizing for America, President Obama, Ohio, Canvassing, Politics News

News coverage of the "Moving America Forward" rally at The Ohio State University this past Sunday has focused on the massive, energized crowd of 35,00...

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Democrats Working Ground Game As Conservative Groups Storm The Airwaves

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Canvassing, Afl-Cio Memo, Republicans Air Waves, Afl-Cio, Democrats Ground Game, Get Out the Vote, Republicans Television, American Crossroads, Canvassing, Politics News

From mid-August through mid-October, nearly every dime of independent expenditure money spent by the conservative group American Crossroads went to po...

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The Job of Convincing: Organizing for America's Pledge Canvassing

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Half Moon Bay, Democrats, San Carlos, Organizing for America, Canvassing, Bay Area, Republicans, Politics News

The nationwide canvassing event to obtain pledge signatures in support of Obama's plans lasted only a few hours, but a group of Bay Area volunteers pledged to do much more.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Healthy Living News

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

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Doing it All, for Obama

Nancy Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inaugural, George Bush, Volunteering for Obama, Barack Obama Campaign, Yes We Can, Service Initiative, Obama Inauguration, George W. Bush, Barack Obama Inauguration, Obama Campaign, Barack Obama, New York, Hotels, Long Island, Campaigning, Obama Inauguration Ball, Obama Canvassing, Volunteering, Inauguration, John Kerry, Service, Obama Inaugural, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Inaugural Balls, Canvassing, Politics News

Every day I checked the mail. No inaugural ball invitation. My anxiety rose. When were they going to send them out? Didn't they know that I needed time to shop for a gown, and really go on a diet?

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What I Saw at the Revolution -- Obama Campaign

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, Off the Bus News, Campaign Trail, Obama Transition, Barack Obama, Obama Canvassing, Resumes, Canvassing, Politics News

Like many, I am sitting by the telephone waiting for Barack Obama to call me in recognition of all of my sweat equity over the last 16 months on this revolutionary campaign.

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Canvassing in Colorado; Battleground Blues

Emily Cotler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swing State, Lawn Signs, Canvass, Obama, Obama Battleground States, Colorado, Canvassing, Voting, Home News

"Hi, my name is Emily, and I'm a volunteer for Barack Obama's campaign for change..." I didn't really understand the term "Battleground State" until ...

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"I Didn't Know I Could Vote"

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Game, Canvassing, Volunteering, Obama Phone Banking, Barack Obama, Politics News

I just came back from eight hours canvassing swing exurban neighborhoods 20 miles south of Seattle. It was easy to feel that my efforts were nice but redundant.

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Virginia Fever: Easy To Catch

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Battleground States, Mccain, Machine Malfunction, Obama, John Mccain on Saturday Night Live, Voting Problems, Voter Protection, Virginia, Vote, barackobama.com, Volunteer, Snl, Gotv, Saturday Night Live, Obama Virginia, Roanoke, Canvassing, Purcellville, Politics News

An important job this year is doing election protection in the Richmond area, where African American voter turnout is expected in record numbers.

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This Campaign Pulls Volunteer Into Politics

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.25.2011

It is early morning on August 28th at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. While thousands of delegates and enthusiastic supporters were rec...

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Mamas For Obama Make Grass Roots Commercial Sports

Maria Burton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youtube, Videos, Mamas for Obama, Obama Canvassing, Barack Obama, Canvassing, Media News

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Channel This Election Fervor Into Helping the Country

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

When the dust settles Tuesday, the lunatic fringe on both sides of the aisle will crawl back into their burrows, and the rest of us will be left to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration.

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Voters Haven't Given Up On American Dream

Lisa Solod | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Hope, John McCain Negative Ads, Obama Volunteers, Leonard Mlodinow, Jason O'mara, Undecided Voters, Barack Obama, Sam Tyler, Obama American Dream, Vietnam, Attack Ads, American Dream, Canvassing, Voting, Home News

The last time we had spoken, Richard had been a clear undecided. Intelligent, thoughtful and torn he was also a man clearly down on his luck and looking for a way out.

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A Tale of Two Attacks on Campaign Volunteers

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

As we said before, committing physical violence against someone who holds a different opinion from your own is reprehensible and not to be tolerated under any circumstances.

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No Sex Until After the Election

Nick Antosca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Get Out the Vote, Sex, Election, Barack Obama, Voting, Funny, Pennsylvania, Humor, Election 2008, Canvassing, Politics News

If Obama wins, then you get to express your jubilation by having long-awaited celebratory sex with another, or several other, similarly elated individuals (console McCain voters at your discretion).

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You Know What I'm Saying?

Joan Garry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT Politics, Barack Obama, Canvassing, Lgbt, Lgbt Voters, Gay Voters, 2008 Election, Politics News

We understood that the Pittsburgh LGBT community had been fiercely behind Hillary and that our work there would be about persuasion.

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Talking to "Undecideds" in Allentown, PA

Aimee Lee Ball | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Undecided Voters, Pennsylvania, Ronald Reagan, Economy, Economic Crisis, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Canvassing, Republicans, Politics News

We asked the people we visited the same question that Ronald Reagan asked in the 1980 election: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

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Ground Report: A Mostly Warm Reception among the Hard Hit in Ohio

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Obama Canvassing, Battleground States, Buffalo, Ohio, 2008 Presidential Race, Democrats, Barack Obama, Obama Ground Game, Canvassing, Youngstown, Republicans, Home News

A McCain supporter thanked me for coming out from Seattle. It was those sorts of conversations that make me realize we are not as divided as the media portrays us. I got a lot out of Ohio.

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Battle For The West: Californians Strike Nevada

Ryan Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Nevada, John McCain, Washoe County, Battle for the West, Voter Registration, Orange County, Barack Obama, California, Canvassing, Girl Scout Cookies, Home News

Sen. Barack Obama stumps in Reno September 30 - Getty Images Two new polls have Sen. Barack Obama ahead of Sen. John McCain in Nevada. An InsiderAdv...

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Obama, Biden Storm Into Battleground Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008 Elections, Wall Street Bailout, Senator Jim Webb, George W. Bush, Barack Obama Polls, Tammi Terrell, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama Race, Ed Houck, Offthebus, Military, Kool & the Gang, Adjustable-Rate Mortgages, Obama Voters, Health Care, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden Vp, Civil War, G.I. Bill, Hillary Clinton 2008, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Virginia, Barack Obama 2008, E.T., Wall Street Crisis, John McCain 2008, U2, Military Spending, Hillary Clinton, Canvassing, Marvin Gaye, Walter Reed, Home News

"Last week 300 volunteers knocked on 10,000 doors! Even volunteers from Maryland drove down to help us. It was awesome."

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Knocking on Ohio's Door -- My Amazing Weekend

Fred Graver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaigning for Obama, Barack Obama, Canvassing, Swing States, Politics News

I did something that renewed my faith in this country, and made me feel great about being an American. I reached out to my "neighbor" about this election -- although the neighbor lived 1000 miles away.

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Vermont Dress Code Election 2008: No Ties, No Tails

Mark Wiznitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Dnc, John McCain, Canvass for Change, Denver Group, Patrick Leahy, Grassroots, Vermont, Howard Dean, Puma, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Peter Welch, Election Outcome, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Canvassing, Home News

Top Vermont Democrats boarded the Obama bandwagon early. But a new low estimate gives the state a 99 percent chance of going Democrat. The coattails idea, in fact, is flipped on its head.

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