In a desperate 11th hour move to keep Pennsylvania from choosing Donald Trump for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s team has sent out an urgent call for 1,500 supporters to make get out the vote calls into the state, and had President Obama give three Philadelphia radio interviews.
“We need 1,500 people to call into Pennsylvania right now. Can you help?” said a Clinton email to supporters a day after ending her campaign in Philadelphia with Bill Clinton, Obama and Bruce Springsteen.
It directs volunteers to a registration site that includes a video from former President Bill Clinton urging action.
Pennsylvania, usually reliably Democratic, has tightened in the final weeks of the election. And that is partly due to a lack of enthusiasm among black voters for Clinton. Obama is trying to revive that enthusiasm.
Obama’s calls and the Clinton campaign’s urgent call for support comes as poll sources in other states, notably North Carolina, have seen poor black turnout so far.
The Clinton campaign memo:
Dropping a quick line: We need 1,500 people to call into Pennsylvania right now.
Can you help?
You’re truly incredible,
Jess
——-Forwarded message——-
From: Jessica Morales Rocketto, HillaryClinton.com
Subject: Update: We’re calling voters and we need your help
Clinton —
Happy Election Day! HQ is buzzing, field offices are PACKED across the country with nearly a million volunteers, and hundreds of thousands of people are hitting the phones from their homes (and playgrounds and offices and rest stops — you get the picture).
This team is literally giving it ALL they have. Are you doing everything you can? Will you sign up for at least ONE hour-long call shift before polls close.
We have a big goal today: 1.5 million calls. Here’s how that breaks down: 304 people from your area need to pledge to do just one shift and make 50 calls each. It’s totally doable.
These calls have proven time and time again to help turn out voters who might have otherwise sat it out — in an election with just so much at stake, that is a risk none of us can afford to take.
Clinton, just one hour can make a huge difference for Hillary. Please help:
Thanks,
Jess
Jessica Morales Rocketto
Digital Organizing Director
Hillary for America
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
