Weekend In Delaware - 21st Century Dems Style

National Political Director Dan Lucas

This weekend we had the opportunity to meet with 70 Democrats who attended our first Organizer Training in Newark, Delaware. The Training was held at Clayton Hall at the University of Delaware in a very nice facility in the basement. We covered topics such as campaign planning, voter targeting and using the voter file. The training was enormously helped by staff members of the Delaware Democratic Party who showed our trainees how to access and use the Vote Builder system and use the map and address aspects of the system to promote good walk lists and contact efforts.

We spent a good deal of time discussing canvassing methods, phone bank protocols and using the new internet tools now available to activists. As the following pictures from the event illustrate everyone was engaged throughout the day in learning how to be the best they could be in talking to voters. Our political staff Dan Lucas (me), Wendy Davis and Mark Watson lead the group throughout the day. We were helped by 21st Century Democrats' intern Jay Herman who captivated everyone with his succinct and funny presentation on new internet tools. Thanks Jay!

Delaware’s Primary is September 9 so everyone who attended will be able to really put into practice the voter contact strategies they learned this weekend!