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A brief anatomy of GOTV

By Chase Martyn 11/4/08

With all of the hullabaloo about both sides’ Get Out The Vote (GOTV) programs today, I thought it might be helpful to outline the basic components that go into every successful Election Day effort.
Right now, staffers for Senators Barack Obama and John McCain are working frantically to keep everything together.  Below, you’ll find a brief [...]

The Ron Paul question: Will enthusiasm translate to support?

By Jay Wagner 12/29/07

With only a few shopping days left until the Iowa Caucus, Ron Paul’s state chairman said this weekend that a giant question mark for the campaign is whether his enthusiastic supporters will actually turn out to vote on January 3.

“Clearly the majority, meaning at least 51 percent, of the Ron Paul people have never been [...]

Videos: Teenage Republican on Rudy Giuliani and GOTV

By Adam Burke 12/13/07

Jacob Nieuwsma is a Linn County co-chairman for Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign and a co-chairman of the Linn-Mar Teenage Republicans at Linn-Mar High School.  He was at Giuliani’s town hall meeting in Dows Theater at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

After winter break, Linn-Mar High School students return to classes on Jan. 3, so Nieuwsma [...]

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