Paul camp not worried about youth turnout- (IowaCaucus.com / Gazette)

Still, questions persist if young voters will actually go out on a cold Iowa night to hang around with people their parents’ ages to cast a straw vote for a guy old enough to be their grandfather.

“Hey, did they show up for Barack Obama?” asks Will Johnson, a tea party activist and Paul volunteer.

Skeptics say Obama was something of a phenomenon. They’d see the same sort of enthusiasm if they went to a Paul rally on a college campus. On homecoming weekend at the University of Iowa more than 1,200 people showed up to hear Paul. Some GOP multi-candidate events don’t attract that many people.

The GOP youth vote is overwhelmingly behind Paul, Johnson said.
 
"His supporters are younger and more likely to reply on a cell phone, so he’s probably going to perform better than his polling suggests,” Peterson said. “His supporters also are dedicated and will likely turn out on caucus night and not change their minds.”

My favorite part of the article, :).
 
This is reminiscent of 2007-2008, when young voters failed to show up. I think this time around it will be different.

If not, we are cactus!
 
We turned out to CPAC, where we had to listen to Trumps bs, we showed up to VVS, and the half dozen other major straw polls; and the establishment / MSM questions whether we will turn up now, NOW WHEN IT ACTUALLY COUNTS? Get reallllll
 
RonPaul101.com said:
They should give away some cheap-brand beer at the caucus; that would be better than a blizzard...
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Agreed. If that's possible, yes.

Or, Free Beer at location X. Transportation to the caucus. Or free tickets to location Y given out at the caucus. Location Y has free beer.

Kegs of PBR.
 
Umbro2914 said:
We turned out to CPAC, where we had to listen to Trumps bs, we showed up to VVS, and the half dozen other major straw polls; and the establishment / MSM questions whether we will turn up now, NOW WHEN IT ACTUALLY COUNTS? Get reallllll
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I get what you're saying... Put up or shut up!
 
sailingaway said:
They didn't put Obama's caucus during winter break.

phone from home....
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According to Wikipedia, they sure did. The Iowa Caucuses were the same exact day - January 3, 2008.

The 2008 Iowa caucuses took place January 3 at 7 p.m. CT.[11] Candidates spent tens of millions of dollars on local television advertisements[12] and hundreds of paid staff[13] in dozens of field offices.[14] Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee were the eventual winners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses
 
parocks said:
According to Wikipedia, they sure did. The Iowa Caucuses were the same exact day - January 3, 2008.

The 2008 Iowa caucuses took place January 3 at 7 p.m. CT.[11] Candidates spent tens of millions of dollars on local television advertisements[12] and hundreds of paid staff[13] in dozens of field offices.[14] Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee were the eventual winners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses
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woot!!!

I have NEVER been so glad to be wrong!!!

Thank you and +rep!!
 
It's not just about showing up.

I'm worried that most students registered to vote at their campus address and if they did that, they have to show up at that particular precinct caucus, which most likely won't happen since school will be out on break.

They can show up at any other precinct caucus, but they will have to re-register to vote and to do that, they have to bring proof of ID and proof of residence.
 
Are there transportation arrangements organized to help supporters get to the polls? Say from like, Campuses? Malls? Senior/Assisted living Homes? VFWs?


Gotta get those RP voters to the precincts.
 
tsai3904 said:
It's not just about showing up.

I'm worried that most students registered to vote at their campus address and if they did that, they have to show up at that particular precinct caucus, which most likely won't happen since school will be out on break.

They can show up at any other precinct caucus, but they will have to re-register to vote and to do that, they have to bring proof of ID and proof of residence.
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I'm sure the campaign anticipates this. This is why Phone From Home is so important. We have the volunteers to cover the ground, we just need to identify the caucus goers.

They have been doing caucus training at campuses, and probably have mailers and emails ready to go to the students, and may make calls.
 
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