I'm the newest member of Obama's Florida for Change office. (C'mon down.)
I was interested in doing more with my time than research and commentary for the US Presidential Election so in the beginning of October I'll become an in-state volunteer for the Florida for Change office for Barack Obama. Huge thanks to the Border State Director of Florida For Change for allowing me to be involved.I'll be working primarily in Pinellas county. How swing is Pinellas? In 2004, the difference between Bush and Kerry was less than 500 votes.
| Pinellas | 49.5% | 225,460 | 49.6% | 225,686 | 0.9% | 4,211 |
I'll be involved in anything the director and staff would like to assign to me as a responsibility. (Data, IT, and voter contact seems a likely group of tasks I'll be assigned, though.)
For those who'd also like to help in Florida, please sign up at the Florida for Change signup on Obama's website. If you know me, please send me an email, SMS, direct twitter, facebook wall message, or catch me on the street and I'd be happy to direct you to the director for volunteering.
I keep wondering if I should list the reasons why I'm willing to put together a more-than-casual effort for a politician. I'd be happy to do so, but I've got a lot more preparation ahead of me and may not get the time.
Past performance isn't always a good indicator of future activity but interesting stats about Florida's voting record in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election are available via Wikipedia, United States presidential election in Florida, 2004. For example, the color-coded county by county breakdown back then...
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3 Comments:
At 8:49 PM,
donl said…
congrats chris...make us proud
At 8:55 PM,
Anonymous said…
Awesome! I'm in AZ and doing the same. Good luck.
At 7:22 AM,
Anonymous said…
How did you set that up? I've tried contacting Obama headquarters to look for volunteer opportunities but so far they haven't gotten back. Did you call the campaign office directly?
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