Tomorrow's the big day. Track all the results and
explore the different ways that technology is
changing how voters interact with the electoral
process.
One week after an historic Presidential election, the
results have been tabulated for more than 200 graduates of Wellstone Action
training programs across the country running for office in 2008. Of these candidates, 97 Wellstone Action
alumni won election last Tuesday in 24 states.
For all races large and small, we believe there are four key elements to any successful campaign. Jeff Blodgett talks about what those are and how the Obama campaign effectively utilized them.
Obama has helped to usher in a new era in politics with a new mandate
for change. But he also brings with him into office a new American ethos for citizenship and service. That spirit reminds me, perhaps unsurprisingly, of the work of
community organizers.
In discussing the surge of participation by different
demographic groups in this election, it is easy for the enormous increase in
Latino civic participation to get lost in the shuffle. However, it
was one of the important ones, and crucial in the outcome of the
election.
