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In reply to the discussion: Anyone watching Maddow ?! US Cities were given a black list of Russian IP address's !!!! [View all]rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)I participated in GOTV in 2008. It was amazing. Long lines of people at registration booths...we hit everywhere...from outside grocery stores to our city balloon festival.
When I went to vote in the 2008 Dem primary it was a TWO HOUR process because of the crowds.
Prior years, it was in/out in minutes. It was so crowded that I had 2 parking choices: park illegally on the paved parking lot or out in the muddy, wet field. I picked the field and a fellow driver next to me joked we could share a tow truck expense if we both needed one.
Collin County Dems had to petition the State to get the County Dem convention switched to another day because the scheduled venue that was going to be used on the state mandated convention day was too SMALL for the expected number of people. I attended not because I was a delegate but because it was a historical moment for Collin County in terms of Dem showing up and making their voices heard. The convention lasted 24 hours. Yes, 24 hrs. When I left for work at 7am the next day (Monday) it was announced as just ending. Partly because County Dems were overwhelmed with the process and the crowds were historic. Not anything they had ever dealt with on the Democratic side in Collin County.
And we scared the shit out of the County repubs. One guy with "Palin" stitched on his polo shirt literally stalked us at the balloon festival. He stood across the sidewalk with a sour face literally monitoring our every move. Why? Because he/they hoped we would do something illegal and he/they would be justified in shutting down our registration booth. They knew the long, long lines at the booths for voter registration were NOT because of McCain/Palin. And it scared the hell out of them.
That was all in 2008. Since then, Collin County has only gotten more diverse.