As a retired teacher and California citizen, Dennis Connors planned to spend his time building model ships and possibly writing a book. Instead, he has decided to help the Obama campaign by volunteering in Nevada. With California solidly Obama, the Democrats can focus more heavily on key states like Nevada.
Connors is among hundreds of volunteers that will cross the border where voter registration is essential. Although this concept of crossing borders to help with campaigning is not new, many people are calling this the biggest grassroots effort ever in a presidential campaign.
The voter registration in Nevada has spiked for the Democrats during this election cycle. The Democrats now hold over an 80,000 lead on the GOP in number of registered voters, contrasting sharply with the nearly 7,000 person lead by the Republicans just two years ago.
Many of these new registered voters are among the 18-24 age group and could have a major impact on the election in this state. Within that age group, the Democrats have about 45% of registered voters, as opposed to the Republicans’ 26%. Whether or not these young voters show up to the polls on November 4 is yet to be determined.
It will also be important with such a close race for both campaigns to look at the independent voters. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports there are 200,959 independent voters, which make up about 4% of the voters in Nevada.
Bush took this state in both 2000 and 2004 by a narrow margin and it will be interesting to see if these grassroots efforts will pay off for the Obama campaign in November.
Connors is among hundreds of volunteers that will cross the border where voter registration is essential. Although this concept of crossing borders to help with campaigning is not new, many people are calling this the biggest grassroots effort ever in a presidential campaign.
The voter registration in Nevada has spiked for the Democrats during this election cycle. The Democrats now hold over an 80,000 lead on the GOP in number of registered voters, contrasting sharply with the nearly 7,000 person lead by the Republicans just two years ago.
Many of these new registered voters are among the 18-24 age group and could have a major impact on the election in this state. Within that age group, the Democrats have about 45% of registered voters, as opposed to the Republicans’ 26%. Whether or not these young voters show up to the polls on November 4 is yet to be determined.
It will also be important with such a close race for both campaigns to look at the independent voters. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports there are 200,959 independent voters, which make up about 4% of the voters in Nevada.
Bush took this state in both 2000 and 2004 by a narrow margin and it will be interesting to see if these grassroots efforts will pay off for the Obama campaign in November.
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