Democrats,
Tuesday night was not the intended result so many of deserved. We out worked the other side, and that makes this loss sting so much more. Yet there is a glimmer of hope. All of our numbers are not yet counted, because we had a couple volunteers working from home. But without those numbers we made 2,043 voter contacts election day (1,856 calls and 187 door knocks). Overall we made around 5,800 phone calls and 750 door knocks. This means we made 6,550 voter contacts this election cycle. I am proud and thrilled of what we accomplished.
But we cannot sit back. Some really scary folks won this election. This means we are going to have to stand up every time they try to cut education, attack our LGBT friends, de-regulate the environment, or whatever else they might try. To do this we’re going to need your help. We will be giving the campus information, and letting them know what exactly is happening in Washington and Harrisburg. Further we will make sure that when things are going on, students can make their voices heard.
Then we will work to change the minds of voters in our area about Democrats. We have partnered with a home for the aged in the past and we will work with them again to stand up for our county’s senior citizens. We have also adopted a highway and will be cleaning it up sometime this year. These partnerships are service activities that can make a huge change in people’s attitude towards our Party.
We also have changes to make as a club. We will be working on a formal constitution to define officer positions and provide guidelines for the years to come. We also need to start thinking about the 2011 and 2012 elections and how to be more effective. We will also be sitting down with the College Republicans to make sure that the poster conflicts that upset many of us this year are resolved for the future. We will also be expanding and partnering to work with other clubs that share our Democratic values.
For now, like many of you that fought so hard by my side, it is a time to catch up on what we have put on hold these elections. However, we will be active the rest of this semester and year. We are just taking a short break. I will get an email out to you all when we will have our next meeting.
I really am grateful to all of you that helped us out this year. Thank you for all your help.
Sincerely,
Zach
