Paul campaign announces more than 1000 Precinct Captains on Rand's birthday!

[fcreature]

Getting every 1000 to bring 20 votes is much harder than on paper. It all depends on their circle of influence.

Any clue how many captains other candidates have?

I really wish I lived in a caucus state. Even living in Upstate NY, I sure as hell could guarantee bringing 20 Paul supporters with me to a Caucus.

 

[kbs021]

Are you making calls to Iowa man??? You could still generate 20 people to caucus by making calls. If you haven't joined, here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1os...XKSx5NJ64Qa7RKTM/viewform?edit_requested=true

Let me know if you need any help! We made over 10k calls yesterday in Iowa alone!

 

[SilentBull]

These captains are volunteers, right? Does anyone know if campaigns are allowed to give out monetary rewards to volunteers? Like if they somehow turned it into a competition to see which captain can bring more voters on caucus night? Of course there would have to be a way to prove that those people showed up and voted. $10,000 for the top captain, $5,000 for second place, and $3,000 for third.

 

[derek4ever]

How many precincts are in Iowa?? I still find this HUGE NEWS and something to be excited about!

 

[derek4ever]

Sorry, I just found out that Rand has 1,007 precinct captains out of 1,681 precincts. IT'S HUGE AND RAND WILL GET PRECINCT CAPTAINS IN EVERY PRECINCT!!

 

[kbs021]

Just saw a video of tonight where they present Rand another scroll of 1,019 captains, so the number is growing... I like that alot...

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Genuinely exciting news, awesome.

 

[LawnWake]

Great news and very encouraging. I am going to guess that if no one else releases their number of precinct captains, that they don't have as many? Unless they want to make a surprise shake up at the caucus. *shrugs*

Rand needs to absolutely finish top 3 in the popular vote, though. In my view. If he can finish third in Iowa and second in NH and no one finishes first first in both, we might still pull this off.

 

[tod evans]

Well, I don't have a clue how many people they could motivate to show up. It's averages you have to think about. But it definitely has a multiplier effect. It's hard to imagine how a precinct captain couldn't motivate more than a few people to show up.

In a way it's a good thing that there are so many candidates. With such a good ground-game it should make it easier to get the delegates. As well as diluting everybody's percentages. Lowering the percentage needed to win.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Well yeah that's a good way to make people show up. Not sure though if you want to go to a caucus with a bunch of drunk people though.

 

[kbs021]

Here is a link to the second birthday bash held yesterday. http://m.qctimes.com/news/local/gov...57f1-a1ba-7c1720b69a39.html?mobile_touch=true

WE NOW HAVE 1,019 CAPTAINS. This means that the total number before caucus night is still far from done.. Just heard on FB from one of Rand's top Iowa Staffers (Steve Grubbs) that the list is "GROWING EVERYDAY". If this doesn't start to get you excited for caucus night, idk what will.

 

[erowe1]

Is 1,000 a lot?

It's an average of 10 per county in Iowa.

 

[kbs021]

Ron had 600, Santorum had 1,110 last time around. 1,000 is a huge number... Way to huge for someone to get 5 percent in a caucus... And the number is growing.

 

[erowe1]

Ron had 600, Santorum had 1,110 last time around. 1,000 is a huge number... Way to huge for someone to get 5 percent in a caucus... And the number is growing.

Thanks. That puts it in perspective.