volunteeringgg

Sooo the other day I contacted Caitlin Currie who is an organizing manager for the Herndon/Reston Barack Obama Campaign for Change!!!! She gave me an address of a woman in Herndon, Jennifer Boysko, who was using her home as a type of headquarters for volunteering throughout the Herndon area. I arrived at her home, which was conveniently two streets over from mine, around 10 AM and right away partnered up with a woman from D.C., Aurie, who came to help with the campaign. We were given a huge folder with directions to our target neighborhood, a list of registered voters who had previously voted Democratic or not Republican, and a stack of Democratic doorhangers with information for the area's voting place. Aurie and I immediately worked out a game plan for who was going where on which street. For example, if two streets were parallel or circle to each other, we would each take one street, go up the even side, and come back on the odd side, then meeting at the car so we could move on. We equalled out the work and had a great strategy for the two times we went out. The first neighborhood we did was Cuttermill, on streets like Bayshire Lane, Jeff Ryan Road, and Mistyvale drive, which took about two and a half hours. The second time we went out, our area was branched off of Sterling Road and Crestview. This also took about two and a half hours. Inbetween the two outtings, we went back to Ms. Boysko's house for a break; we ate lunch with the leaders and other volunteers, chatted about the amazing impact of volunteering on campaigns and how well Barack Obama has done in the election so far, and we prepared to depart for the second time. Although it was tiring to walk up and down streets for six hours, it was an awesome experience; meeting Obama enthuiests and other volunteers that come from so far away to help out in our town.

Election Week Six: Picking the Winner!

With the 2008 election for president right around the corner, meaning tomorrow November 4th, I'm am confident to announce that Barack Obama will most definitely win! Throughout this election, both candidates have had equal shares in polling data, but within the past couple months, with victorious debates and campaigns, and numerous publicity ads, Barack Obama has significantly risen above John McCain. As for electoral college votes, so far Obama has 286 votes, McCain has 157, and there are still 95 undecided. Even if McCain receives a majority of the swing states, Obama is still going to lead, and I think he will win with over 300 electoral votes. To take a guess of popular votes in the country, I'd say Obama will have around 65 million votes or about 55% of overall votes on the ballots. I think McCain will only have around 50 milli0n, if that, or only 40% of votes.

For the Senate Race, it is almost obvious to everyone that Mark Warner will win. Not only because he has a huge lead in the polls over his competition, but he has a good reputation as governor and he's a heart warming kind of guy.

In the two local House Races, I think the winner of the 10th District will be Republican candidate Frank Wolfe, with leading votes in the polls and once again a good reputation with the public. In the 11th district, Democratic candidate for H.O.P., Gerry Connolly, will probably win since polls show he has a lead and he has had only a few ads, but more than Republican Keith Fimian.