Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumHundreds rally for Bernie Sanders at UMass Tuesday night
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/hundreds_rally_for_bernie_sand.htmlMore 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.
more pics at link
NullVoid
(3 posts)everyone should be voting for bernie
senz
(11,945 posts)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)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)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.
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)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!