dfa night school special edition: mygotv
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Slides from DFA Night School on October 14th at 8:30pm Eastern time. Visit www.democracyforamerica.com/nightschool to sign up!TRANSCRIPT
October 14th, 2008Listen live on:
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Special Edition: MyGOTV
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Live blog: www.blogforamerica.comDFA Chair
Jim Dean
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Welcome to DFA Night School!
Tonight’s Trainers
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Matt BlizekDFA Training Director
Adam QuinnDFA Field Director
3 Million New VotesPeer pressure works
- Research shows that peer pressureis a very effective GOTV tactichttp://research.yale.edu/GOTV/?q=node/10
Early voting is key to victory- Frees up campaign resources
(people, time, money)- Bringing New Voters into the Fold:
Allows campaigns to focus efforts onless likely voters
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How it worksStep 1: Pledge to vote Obama (and vote early to get your free bumper sticker!)
Step 2: Get 3 friends to pledge to votefor Obama
Step 3: Each of your friends gets 3more pledges
Step 4: Follow up & Repeat
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Who to TargetUtilize your social networks
- Friends, family, co-workers, etc- Get them out to vote where they live- Get them to vote early if possible
Send to all your email contacts
All your friends on Facebook!
Get Your Friends to Vote(early if possible)
Face to face meetingsPhone CallsPostcardsEmails
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Use our Early VotingGuide to see which
friends can vote early
Behind the ScenesYou will receive alerts when…- Your state starts early voting- Your friends accept your invite- Your friends report their vote
Free “I voted for Obama” bumper stickers
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3 million ‘viral’ votes
Using Facebook to bring outmore young voters
Won’t interfere with the rest ofyour GOTV volunteering
New Frontiers of VoterMobilization
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Homework
1. Make a list of 30 people you know
2. Invite them to pledge to Vote Obama
3. Follow up and make sure they vote
www.democracyforamerica.com/pledge
Or use our Facebook Application:
http://apps.facebook.com/dfa_gotv
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