More than 600,000 Online Supporters!

[RogueTrooper]

In the last few hours, you passed a major milestone. More than 600,000 Americans have now joined your campaign, with 25,000 signing up in the last week. If you haven't already done so, join us today. Then send an invitation to friends and family, and tell them about Governor Dean's record as governor with solutions--balancing budgets, creating jobs, improving schools. With less than a week before the New Hampshire primary, find out how you can get involved in your area to help Dean win.

Well, somebody still loves us. :loveya:

Soon, we shall be larger than the State of Vermont. ;)

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[cavebat2000]

1. I like it

Hes going much more positive, touting his accomplishments. GO DEAN!

[aquart]

3. Ah, growth. Go little feisty one.

The more the media buries him, the more interested I get.

[tryanhas]

6. I'm sorry, but the media is not burying Dean.

Dean received 10 times the media coverage of any other candidate last year, and that is what propelled him to where he went in the race, because most of that coverage was positive, and there is nothing like free press.

Secondly, Dean highest campaign contributor last year was AOL/TimeWarner, the parent company of CNN with over $60,000 in donations.

To say that they are burying him is shortsighted. The media made Howard Dean, and they even contributed heavily to him...

[Nazgul35]

10. huh?

Dean received the media that you talk about because of what he accomplished...not the other way around!!!

Most of the coverage was positive!? A study came out that showed that a full 3/4 of the media coverge of Dean was negative.....or do you think that the terms "angry" unelectable" etc are positive....

That number you qoute is from the individual members who are grouped based upon their answer when they contribute......not from the company...try reading a little closer and you'll avoid these kind of mistakes in the future....from the web site:

HOW TO READ THIS CHART: This chart lists the top donors to this candidate during the 2004 election cycle.The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.


buy the way....what is the percentage of total campaign contributions made from those people from time warner....here, i'll set up the equation for you

60,000/45,000,000 = ????

I also noticed you didnt tell us who you support...or is that going to be uncommitted?

[liberalnurse]

2. I believe we are. Many do not have Internet access.

They come to Meet-Ups all the time. Many of the nursing assistants do not have the internet. I print them out data.

[tryanhas]

4. I doubt it.

I know people who are not supporting Dean who are still included in that number and are still getting emails.

If the campaign is not dropping former supporters from their online numbers, then the number that is listed is wrong.

I seriously doubt there are 600,000 online supporters.

People I know have gone and posted on the blog and been included as well.

Once again, I just have to doubt 600,000.

[Jerseycoa]

8. Still getting emails after six months gone

:hi:

[RogueTrooper]

9. There are people who have left

but we were are 580,000 last a week last Monday and 594,000 on Monday of this week. There may have been people who have left but our rate of gain is in good shape.

[tryanhas]

12. You didn't understand what I said

People left Dean, but they are still included in that number.

People go and post on the blog and their emails are included in the listserv.

I don't know exactly how Dean's site calculates their numbers, but I doubt that that number is close to even accurate, but if that rate of gain was accurate, then it would be impressive. But plenty of people join things just to be joining.

Like college reporters or writers, whatever, who join all of the campaigns in order to receive information as soon as it is released. All of those people who have joined Dean's site are not supporters...

[no name no slogan]

5. Good for Dean!

Getting new supporters, but the real trick is to turn them out in numbers for the primaries/caucuses.

IMHO, that was part of the reason Dean didn't win in IA. He had the numbers, but I have a feeling many supporters felt that Dean had it sewn up, and didn't bother to show up at the caucuses.

That, in a nutshell, is the hardest part about politics on any scale. You can get people to agree with you, donate money, write letters, etc., but none of that matters unless you GET THEM TO THE POLLS.

The IA results have obviously been a good thing for Dean-- his base is "re-energized" and ready to go all out in NH and the races that follow. In many ways, it's a blessing in disguise, and gets his supporters to work that much harder.

Best of luck to you all in the next 49!

:hi:

[JI7]

7. good to hear

keep on going just as i did when kerry's campaign was declared over for months.

[Buffler]

11. Seems Deans supporters

are only online and not at polling places.

[tinanator]

13. A goodly number are just keeping watch

How else would I know Trippi will do backflips for $20?
money money mooooooooney...

[askew]

14. Thanks for the good news.

It's nice to see that not everyone has abandoned ship.