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brooklynite

(95,077 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 03:15 PM Jun 2015

Hillary digital push highlights organizing before NYC rally

Politico:

Days before Hillary Clinton will take the stage on New York City’s Roosevelt Island to headline her presidential campaign’s first full-scale rally, her political team is ratcheting up an effort to swing the spotlight away from the candidate, framing the first two months of Clinton’s candidacy as an organizational victory beyond just the early-voting states she has visited so far.

The former secretary of state has faced no shortage of scrutiny during the ‘ramp-up’ phase of her presidential effort — a two-month period during which she has focused on small round tables and political meetings rather than open speeches or traditional events, often facing charges of running a distant campaign. But Wednesday will see a concerted online effort to highlight the inroads made by volunteers and organizers working on her behalf.

A memo from the campaign’s top organizing official, a series of images from volunteer meetings across the country, and a handful of maps and hand-picked supporter quotes will pepper Clinton’s online presence.

The note from Director of State Campaigns and Political Engagement Marlon Marshall points to the fact that the Clinton camp has hired 50 organizers in the early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, and has brought on 51 more staffers in the other states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the territories. It also notes that the campaign — which frequently says it is taking the Democratic primary seriously despite Clinton’s commanding lead in national polls, and in this kind of organizing — has opened 15 offices between the four early states, and that it has held nearly 4,000 one-on-one meetings with early-state voters.
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Hillary digital push highlights organizing before NYC rally (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2015 OP
K & R Iliyah Jun 2015 #1
Very impressive. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #2
 

NCTraveler

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2. Very impressive.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 03:20 PM
Jun 2015

"It also notes that the campaign — which frequently says it is taking the Democratic primary seriously despite Clinton’s commanding lead in national polls, and in this kind of organizing — has opened 15 offices between the four early states, and that it has held nearly 4,000 one-on-one meetings with early-state voters."

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