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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:02 PM Oct 2015

Hundreds rally for Bernie Sanders at UMass Tuesday night

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/hundreds_rally_for_bernie_sand.html

More than 200 students, faculty, staff and community people gathered outside the University of Massachusetts Tuesday evening to rally for democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Students had computers set up at tables to register people to vote. They shouted "Bernie, Bernie" and waved signs, sported Bernie t-shirts and stickers.

Elliot Jerry, a junior who lives in town, painted a "Feel the Bern" frame allowing people to pop their faces over a Bernie-like suit jacket to post on social media. "What we're trying to do is generate more support, get people talking," he said/

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Tierney said they will have other rallies and will continue meeting weekly.





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Hundreds rally for Bernie Sanders at UMass Tuesday night (Original Post) cal04 Oct 2015 OP
vote fr bernie NullVoid Oct 2015 #1
K&R -- thanks, cal04! senz Oct 2015 #2
That's what we're continue to do where I am... MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #3
It could be a really fun volunteer opportunity senz Oct 2015 #5
Wow SandersDem Oct 2015 #4
See that: That's the Revolution. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #6
Very, very cool. SoapBox Oct 2015 #7
K & R AzDar Oct 2015 #8
 

senz

(11,945 posts)
2. K&R -- thanks, cal04!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:21 PM
Oct 2015

The campaign needs to get all these young adults registered to vote and make sure they know when and where their Primaries are held.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
3. That's what we're continue to do where I am...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:24 PM
Oct 2015

There are so many who are verbally committed on campuses, some needing to assure they either change place of residence and registration or absentee to their home communities.

The rest of the 20 somethings have begun to wake up, maybe before I realized they were.

Agreed!

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
5. It could be a really fun volunteer opportunity
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:45 PM
Oct 2015

for those who resonate with 20 somethings -- getting it organized, recruiting young leaders, arranging activities, keeping up a database, timelines, car pooling, etc. and all the logistics you mentioned. Lots of energy, excitement.

The pollsters might be surprised.

SandersDem

(592 posts)
4. Wow
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:44 PM
Oct 2015

when I first saw this thread I was slightly concerned..."what Bernie was at UMass and only drew out hundreds?" Then I clicked and damn, he wasn't even there!

That's frickin awesome.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
6. See that: That's the Revolution.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:48 PM
Oct 2015

Registering people to vote.

And, I was just reading on Reddit that they're working on an app to match drivers with people who need rides to events and, ultimately, to the caucuses or polling places. Ride-sharing like Uber. In fact, one of the early names is Ubern. LOL.

I think the Millennials are getting serious about this.

Good!

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