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...before launching into a sample canvassing conversation. According to a study, for every 12 people the students talk to, they will convince one of them to vote for Obama—and with Al Gore ’69 losing the 2000 election by just 537 Florida votes, she reminds the bus that those extra votes could make all the difference...
This election season, the conventional wisdom no longer seems to apply, especially with regard to the perennial “battleground states.” Traditionally thought to include Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, recent polling indicates that traditionally-red states, like North Carolina and Virginia, could come into play, possibly contributing the deciding electoral votes to Democratic candidate Barack Obama...
...Motley has been joined by a number of eager conservatives among the student body, including Florida native Hunter S. Gaylor, a student at the Harvard Extension School...
...Florida is a vital state to the Republican cause,” Gaylor said. “There’s a strong conservative population there, and many of the independent voters don’t want to see a Democrat elected to the White House when they already control Congress...
...America, the time for change has come," Obama told a roaring crowd of 20,000 in Sunrise, Florida, on Wednesday, the same day that millions of viewers watched him live as part of a 30-minute infomercial the campaign bought on NBC, CBS, Fox, BET, MSNBC and TV One. "In six days, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo. In six days, we can come together as one nation, and one people, and once more choose our better history...