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Lewis

Student recruitment needs to start early

Bright minds, freedom from internal politics, social experience

James (Minnesota DFL)

Organizers at every school, with a budget

20% turnout rise at University of Minnesota

GOTV: 600 volunteers on Election Day

With DNC pilot program, took school directories, added Facebook outreach, Home District for comparison about where they should vote

Lauren

College Republicans (as an org) have been out-organizing College Democrat chapters on campus for years

Progressives have more options for campus involvement than just their political club – environmentalists, feminists, ethnic, lgbt, etc

Importance of outreach to more than just College Dems; need an alliance program

Ramya

University of Michigan: Registered 10,000 voters

Needs to feel like an organic movement; don’t want outsiders to tell you how to organize your campus

Auto-fill Excel spreadsheets with Facebook

Statewide canvassing gave the party an incentive to pay attention to them

Because they’re not getting paid, it has to be a social organization to get people coming back

Campus Progress: Speakers bureau across the country, funding college publications (progressive newspapers, feminist magazines), grants

What happened to the College Republicans in 2008?

Money, visibility help win campaigns – but won’t win it alone

Catch an illegal immigrant; white-only scholarships… do we want to stoop to that level?