Groundbreakers : How Obama's 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America.

Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2.2 million volunteers into a grassroots army. Unlike many previous field campaigns that drew their power from staff, consultants, and paid canvassers, the Obama...

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Main Author: McKenna, Elizabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2.2 million volunteers into a grassroots army. Unlike many previous field campaigns that drew their power from staff, consultants, and paid canvassers, the Obama campaign's capacity came from unpaid local citizens who took responsibility for organizing their own neighbourhoods months - and even years - in advance of Election Day. This book describes how they did it.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1322238979
9781322238975
9780199394630
0199394636