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Voz de Frontera (not verified) says:
Dean and Dukakis are absolutely correct. Precinct organizing is the foundation behind the GOP's 72-hour GOTV effort that they deploy every election. It is the type of organizing that McGovern used in 1972.
If you read the rules for nominating candidates of your state or county Democratic party, you will see that organization at the precinct level is the crux of the process.
I live in a solidly Democratic, urban county in Texas where the voter turnout is beyond pathetic -- we just "passed" a multi-million dollar school bond issue on a voter turnout of 11% in an off year. I can't find a voting Democrat here who's ever met their precinct chair or knows what one is.
Dukakis and Dean will execute their 50-state, every precinct strategy over the cold lifeless bodies of the Democratic consultants who've steered the party to victory since 1990.
Dean and Dukakis are absolutely correct. Precinct organizing is the foundation behind the GOP's 72-hour GOTV effort that they deploy every election. It is the type of organizing that McGovern used in 1972.
If you read the rules for nominating candidates of your state or county Democratic party, you will see that organization at the precinct level is the crux of the process.
I live in a solidly Democratic, urban county in Texas where the voter turnout is beyond pathetic -- we just "passed" a multi-million dollar school bond issue on a voter turnout of 11% in an off year. I can't find a voting Democrat here who's ever met their precinct chair or knows what one is.
Dukakis and Dean will execute their 50-state, every precinct strategy over the cold lifeless bodies of the Democratic consultants who've steered the party to victory since 1990.