For all races large and small, we believe there are four key elements to any successful campaign. Jeff Blodgett talks about what those are and how the Obama campaign effectively utilized them.
Obama has helped to usher in a new era in politics with a new mandate
for change. But he also brings with him into office a new American ethos for citizenship and service. That spirit reminds me, perhaps unsurprisingly, of the work of
community organizers.
Wellstone Action's signature weekend training program provides hands-on, practical training in grassroots politics for citizen activists, campaign workers, and people interested in running for office.
One week after an historic Presidential election, the
results have been tabulated for more than 200 graduates of Wellstone Action
training programs across the country running for office in 2008. Of these candidates, 97 Wellstone Action
alumni won election last Tuesday in 24 states.
Bringing training to these targeted regions will create a corps of skilled organizers and candidates, and seed
progressive campaigns with the talent they need to win big in November.
Frustrated by a state law telling him he wasn't old enough to give back to his community by donating blood, Joe Gibson, a sophomore at Blooming Prairie High School, decided to do something to change it.
Camp Wellstone, Campus Camp Wellstone, and Camp Sheila Wellstone are all going strong. Our 50th camp was held in Seattle, WA. Here's what people have been saying about past camps.
It won't just be once a year that the Wellstone approach is remembered. It now lives on through the Camp Wellstone political training program coming to a city near you in 2004.
If there's one thing the 2008 election proved, it was that the Internet has lowered the barrier for political participation. It's transforming where voters get their
information and offering campaigns a new medium through which to interact
with voters.
If you are working or
volunteering on a campaign this year, chances are you've been asked to
doorknock. That's because the more
personal the contact with voters the better, and having conversations with them
at their door the most effective tool for getting the votes you need to
win.