Volunteer Blog 3-

On my last day of volunteering It was a chill day. I didn't really do much except make sure that whoever was voting actually went out to vote. And a last minute push to get voters to go democratic. But most adults wouldn't listen to a teenager, maybe because they thought I was supporting Obama because it was a trendy thing to do. Overall it was a learning experience,but if it wasn't for the assignment I honestly wouldn't have volunteered. I was hoping to bring my manager to volunteer because he was a a big Obama supporter and would always ask customers who they were voting for and try to convince them too vote Obama but he was always busy

Volunteer Blog-2

I volunteered again for Obama. This time I got another area to canvass but it was near Ferndale. It was across, so I am not sure if it was still Ferndale but it was still a different area and different people. Although it was still predominately Hispanic. It was practically the same experience. Not many people would answer their doors because this area had also been done before also, I guess because I did volunteer closer to election time. It was another good experience. I became less nervous this time around and I learned more about the geography in Herndon also. Most residents were Hispanics but their was also the occasional elderly couple or a single female in her late twenties

Pictures

The left brochure was for the Target voters, the Right single piece was for the Sporadic voters












A friendly reminder to go out and vote















Me canvassing a house. Not many people answered













Ill post more pictures if once I find them somewhere on my computer

Volunteer Blog

On Sunday October 19th I volunteered for Obama. Even though I was hoping I wouldn't get canvassing for the first day I was given it. My area was the Ferndale area. Basically they gave me a list of residents living in that area that were registered democrats and the list also had they're voting tendencies. They were either sporadic, which meant they occasionally vote Democratic but they were not 100% voters. Then there were Target voters which meant they probably need convincing. While on my way to my area I met another canvasser. Since I was a little nervous this was my first time, he gave me a few tips. He told me not to worry, don't take it personally , and that a lot of people aren't going to answer their doors anyways. Well I got to my area and I looked at my list and materials. I had a sheet that told me Obama's key points,but the other canvasser told me to just summarize it instead of reading a lot of it. Now depending if they were either Sporadic or Target they would get some type of literature. The sporadic people got one piece of paper with the candidate and a big reminder on the other side to vote. While the Target people got a whole brochure basically because they needed more convincing. Well I started and I was discouraged a first because nobody was answering their door. But this could have been due to the redskins game being on or the fact that I was given a area that had been done once or twice already. I got a few people who opened their door and most of them were for Obama, I ignored the houses that had McCain propaganda,not that their were many anyways. Me being fluent in Spanish also came in handy since the area is predominately Latino. After a few hours I got more people but I still didn't get as many as I had hoped for. After going through the whole list I tried to go back to the people that didn't answer but It was getting dark and it was already cold. Overall it was a learning experience but I will be the first to say I wasn't too good of a canvasser

I will post some pictures once I find them on my computer.

Current Event 6

My current event was on the meeting the federal open market committee had on wednesday were it was expected to cut the U.S. interest rate atleast half a point. A nalysts remain skeptical that reducing it any further keep the United States from sliding into a prolonged recession.

It’s likely that Germany, France and Italy have already entered into a recession, as their second-quarter GDP fell 0.5%, 0.3% and 0.3%, respectively. Japan – the world’s second largest economy – is also dangerously close to recession, with its economy having contracted 2.4% in the three months ended June 30.

Week 6-Election Post

I think Obama is going to be the clear winner. My prediction is that Obama wins 322-216 in the electoral votes and that he also wins the popular vote as well. The reason I think he is going to win is that he just had major momentum since the beginning of the race. So far the polls have also been in his favor, some even going as far as saying he had a 12 point lead. Another major reason is the amount of money he had to run his campaign. He rejected the public campaign money and has made over $600 million dollars. This means he is out spending McCain 4-1 and is getting more ads out on t.v.

My pick for the senate is Mark Warner. This is very clear because all the polls I have come across have him ahead with a huge lead. In a October 20th Rasmussen poll Mark Warner had a 61% to 36% lead on Jim Gilmore.


For the 10th House seat I think that Frank Wolf is going to win. I think he is going to win because the 10th district is a republican district and although its trending away in the last election Frank Wolf had a big lead 57-41% against Judy Feder.

For the 11th House seat I think Gerry Connolly is going to win because he is the only candidate in the race with any real local government experience.