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Help Dylan get to Iowa to campaign for Bernie Sanders!

  • WE WON! Thank you to all who donated :)

      19 February 2020
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    Dearest friends,

    We won! They tried their hardest to rob us of the victory narrative but we won anyway. And now we've won New Hampshire, and it's onward to Nevada, South Carolina, and Super Tuesday.

    Please excuse the lateness of my final update - the last few days before the caucus were absolute madness, and I've only just caught my breath. I knocked on hundreds of doors, not only in Des Moines but also in Fort Dodge, Iowa City, and Boone. Everywhere we went we met many Bernie supporters, and plenty of Pete supporters of course (a couple of which I may have swayed to Bernie on Medicare For All and climate change alone). On caucus night, I drove a group of Bhutanese immigrants from Des Moines to their caucus location. The campaign had done amazing organized outreach to immigrant communities across Iowa and it paid off big time. That caucus site went entirely for Bernie - some 95% of people for Bernie in the first round, and only Bernie was viable in the final count. We're gonna win because we're gonna out-organize the rest!!

    Thank you all so much for making this adventure possible! I learned a ton and I know for a fact that my door knocking -- made possible by your donations! -- made a direct impact on the results.

    Much love,

    Dylan

    P. S. Here's me and the West Des Moines field office crew on our final day!

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  • First days canvassing!

      31 January 2020
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    Hey y'all!

    Three days in, the canvassing is going pretty well. It's certainly a mixed bag, depending on the neighbourhood, but most people are pretty polite. Some get very angry that you've knocked on their doors, others are unfailingly sweet, even if not pro-Bernie. One undecided couple gave me a whole bunch of cookies and complimented my beard 😅

    I'm based at the West Des Moines field office, and we do a lot of following up with people that we know lean Bernie or are likely to support him. We're also trying to find very keen Bernie people to act as precinct captains or caucus volunteers to take leadership roles on the night. The Iowa caucus is a weird beast - it's basically a neighbourhood meeting where everyone goes into groups supporting different candidates, and if one candidate gets less than 15% of the vote in that precinct, other camps try and persuade them over to their side. I'll be observing on the night, should be mighty interesting!

    Thanks so much for your support, folks. Couldn't be here doing this work without you! Xx

    P. S. Here's me and super volunteer Parker pounding the (icy) pavement

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  • I've landed on American soil!

      26 January 2020
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    Hey folks! A yuuuuuuuuuge thank you for all your donations! They have made it possible for me to book this trip and actually make it happen. Being an early career academic, I would not have been able to do this without your help. We're taking the small donor ethos of Bernie to Iowa!

    As you can see, I landed in Chicago last night, safe and sound. Tis a little chilly, but I'm keeping warm! Heading to pick up my rental car as we speak, then it's off to Iowa :)

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  • Updated goal!

      15 January 2020

    Wow, I never expected to raise this much, thank you everyone!

    I've updated the goal now because I will still be so out of pocket and I am basically a glorified postgrad looool. If anyone wants to give any more, that's very welcome, and please pass it around to other good-hearted, earth-loving souls!

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