I am so excited !!!!!!!!!!!! Just got a phone call from California.

[SamKnause]

A lovely, young, kind, gentleman was inquiring who I would be voting for.

He was working for the Bernie campaign.

I have lived at this address for 14, almost 15 years.

I have never gotten a call from the Democratic Party.

I have gotten calls from the Republican Party, but never the Democratic Party.

He was so sweet.

I was so excited.

He was excited that I was voting for Bernie.

FEEL THE BERN

[SheilaT]

1. How nice.

It's amazing how candidates or campaigns don't always reach out as they should. And that you could be in the same place for so long and still fly under the radar.

[SamKnause]

8. It is strange.

I have had the same phone number for 14 or 15 years.

It seems the Republicans can always find you, but the Democratic

Party doesn't seem very interested in finding supporters.

[liberalnarb]

37. I work the phones for the Democratic Party here in Pennsylvania.

People told me we call them so much that they don't want to vote.

[SamKnause]

38. That is odd.

[SCantiGOP]

44. This is a first

Someone getting excited about an unsolicited telephone call.
Move to SC. We were getting 10-20 calls a day the week before the primary but fortunately they were all blocked.

[hay rick]

46. The Democratic Party uses the VAN.

The VAN information usually comes from voter registration information. If you changed your phone number after you registered to vote, odds are the Democratic Party doesn't have a record of your current phone number. Result: some people will get dozens of calls, others will get none.

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. Send them a check for 5.00 and you will be on their list forever. n/t

[druidity33]

2. Where are you in the US?

Have you got a Primary or Caucus next week?

K&R, cheers...

[SamKnause]

7. Ohio.

I vote next week on the 15th.

[druidity33]

11. Have fun! And Bless you! nt.

[SamKnause]

12. Right back at you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jillan]

3. Here in Az I got one yesterday while I was grocery shopping. I stopped, walked to a corner

and stood there in the grocery store chatting with the caller.



Shout OUT to all the amazing volunteers working for Bernie 2016.

[angstlessk]

4. WOW...Bernie is reaching out to everyone

Not just the phone list from the DNC!

[SamKnause]

9. I should be on that list.

I just never receive any calls from the Democratic Party.

[angstlessk]

19. Why not contact Bernies office to be put on the list?

If you require immediate assistance, please call my Burlington Office at (800)-339-9834 (toll-free in Vermont) or [phone] (calling in the Burlington area).

[SamKnause]

23. Thank you.

[flamingdem]

5. Go CA!

[Kittycat]

6. Woohoo! I recvd a call in IL on Wednesday.

Made my night.

[SamKnause]

10. I know how you feel.

It made my day.

[Babel_17]

13. "never gotten a call from the Democratic Party"

Pretty thrilling campaign, and the best is ahead.

[SamKnause]

15. Yes it is.

[LiberalArkie]

21. The phone calls used to be for donations, but since the DNC feels that Wall Street has their back

they don't need to get down with the commoners. They feel that the TV and radio ads will take care of that and they don't have to talk or see us.

[Karma13612]

14. This is wonderful!! So many #FeeltheBern !! +100

[SamKnause]

17. Yes it was.

He was so excited.

I was so excited.

As soon as he mentioned Bernie's name, I said, "Bernie rules, Feel the Bern".

He made my day and I think I made his as well.

[Karma13612]

24. Betcha he is going to work the phone bank with even more

passion and excitement now.

And it might help him over a few humps when he hits some bad attitudes from the those not feeling the Bern.

All the best to him, and to you!!

[SamKnause]

27. Thank you.

I hope my enthusiasm carries him through the rough spots.

All the best to you as well.

[Le Taz Hot]

16. We've been phone banking for months now.

We're told that we are an army out-phone banking all other states put together. Yep. California is Feelin' the Bern and we are determined to deliver this state to Bernie.

[SamKnause]

18. I live in Ohio.

I hope Ohio can pull a Michigan !!!!!!!!

[Enthusiast]

30. Me too. On both counts.

[ChiciB1]

20. My Phone Is Ringing Off The Hook... If I Don't Recognize The Number

I DON'T answer. I live in Florida and I'm NOT going to let them know! Many of us are doing this. But we ARE phone banking others. Oh well, it is what it is. Don't know HOW they got my cell phone number because I never list it. Only my friends should know the number, the account isn't in my name!

[highprincipleswork]

22. Bless you. Bless the process. We need someone like Bernie, & I'm excited for the possibilities!

[SamKnause]

25. Thank you.

Bless Bernie.

[xloadiex]

26. I just got off the phone with the Bernie

campaign in Chicago. He was so happy to hear we were 100% behind Bernie. I made sure to thank him for volunteering. This is the 3rd time They have called. I always end with a big GO BERNIE!

BTW... the caller ID comes up as Illinois call.

[SamKnause]

28. Go Bernie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Enthusiast]

29. Yay, Bernie!

[seattleite]

31. I had the same experience yesterday. Never been contacted by the Dems.

And I've gotten 2 texts from the Bernie campaign trying to get me involved in the past 24 hours. After much procrastinating, I'm headed to Seattle's Capitol Hill office tomorrow morning to phonebank or canvass for the first time.

Feel the Bern!

[SamKnause]

34. Thank you !!!!!!!!

[MynameisBlarney]

40. Noice!

[21st Century Poet]

57. That's probably a typo.

Is that noise or nice? Can't ever recall coming across the word 'noice'.

[MynameisBlarney]

58. Say it with an Australian accent

[Lorien]

50. AWESOME!! Thank you so much!

[Duval]

32. The two guys for Bernie who came to our house this morning were so Happy!

They were both 23, college graduates, and drove from Tenn. to NC to knock on doors. It actually took me hours to come down from
the adrenalin rush! Their excitement and commitment were so real and positive vibes were everywhere. It was just wonderful to be part of that.

[SamKnause]

35. I know how you feel.

I am still smiling.

This is history in the making.

[truegrit44]

36. Would love to get a phone call from Bernie campaign

I am in MO (voting next week) and a couple days ago I got the only phone call from a campaign and it was a recording and it asked you to punch 1 for repub and 2 for dem. I punched 2 and then it gave me only the repub runners to choose from! What the hell was that..........I hung up and with a recording you can't even fight back, grrrrrrrrrrr

[SamKnause]

42. I hope you get a call.

It will make your day.

[MynameisBlarney]

39. I got one from Miami!

And I stated very enthusiastically that I'd be voting for Bernie on Tuesday.

[SamKnause]

41. It's is exciting.

I am still smiling.

As soon as the young man mentioned Bernie, I said, "Bernie rules, Feel the Burn".

[Duval]

43. I break out in a wide grin when I remember those guys from this morning.

We not only shook hands, we gave them hugs! Wish they could have stayed longer.

[veronique25]

45. anyone know what the bernie-vibe is at UCLA in los angeles?

california in june is 546 democratic delegates

what's the bernie-vibe at UCLA?

any southern california bernie voters want to start networking for bernie, to continue building a ground-network?

i"m seeing more and more cars with bernie bumper-stickers in los angeles area

[Le Taz Hot]

54. I don't know about UCLA

But Southern California has been VERY active! Go to map.berniesanders.com, plug in your zip code and radius and take a gander at all the activities that are going on in your area.

If you want to phone bank on your own, go to www.bernisanders.com/phonebank and there are instructions on how to do your own phone banking. You can hold an Event, you can gather a couple of friends and order a pizza or you can just sit in your own home, in your jammies and go to it.

LOTS of opportunities out there.

[zentrum]

47. Nice.

[madokie]

48. I got one yesterday from Lexington Kentucky

Pleased that I was a Bernie supporter. Wanting to know if I wanted to give a hand. Told him I already am.

[Lorien]

49. I got a call early this morning asking me to vote for Bernie

the call woke me up (I've been sick) and I groggily said "I already voted". She seemed a little nervous and said "could I ask who you voted for?" and I answered "Bernie, of course!" and she seemed giddy at my response. I'm guessing that she just started phone banking. Keep up the good work everyone!!

[mucifer]

51. Many people on Reddit are doing tons of volunteering for Bernie

It's really great to see how organized and dedicated they are:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/


yes reddit does have a donald trump page, too . But, it isn't as popular.

[WillyT]

52. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[emsimon33]

53. We have been calling into other states from California

I was walking back to my car from Trader Joes and noticed a young woman putting a piece of paper under my windshield wiper of my car. My first thought was that she had done some damage, but as I drew close she noticed me and removed the paper and handed it to me. Before I could read the note, she exclaimed that she saw my "Bernie 2016" bumper sticker and she decided to leave me a note telling me how excited she was to see another car with a bumper sticker like hers saying "Bernie 2016."

We chatted for a few minutes and she told me that she spends three hours a day calling into other states for Bernie and had, so far, called into every state where there had been a primary. This was the first time she had ever volunteered for a campaign and she was thrilled that she could do so for Bernie.

A Bernie campaign worker has visited Santa Barbara and several of us from San Luis Obispo County had gone to the meeting a couple of months before the first primary in Iowa. The Bernie worker told us that there would have to be 2000000 calls from Californians into Nevada if Bernie had a chance to win that state. He explained that, unlike other campaigns that many of us had volunteered for in the past, there would be no paid Bernie organizers and we would have to organize phone banks, canvassing, and other Bernie events ourselves as the Bernie campaign lacked the backing of special interests, millionaires and billionaires to fund paid a large number of campaign employees. We pledged to do so and here on the somewhat conservative Central Coast of California I have been amazed at how people have stepped up.

In San Luis Obispo County, much of the credit goes to one of the best organizers I have even known, Heidi Harmon.

Often the presidential nominee has been decided long before Californians get to vote, so being asked to step up and work hard for Bernie to get wins for him in other states seems like we are actually important toward the process rather than an after thought.

The irony is that so many of the early primary states will not be wins for the Democrats in November but count and count large in the primaries, whereas California does count a lot and we are marginalized in the primaries.

[SamKnause]

55. Thank you for your input.