Rocked the Vote....
As I said in my previous post, 2004 was supposed to be the year of the activist and as I said Kerry lost the election, the activists didn't. I see this to be the case because activist groups did manage to make a difference in this country's political landscape.
According to Manjoo, in 2004 activists groups helped Kerry to pull much bigger numbers in certain areas as opposed to what Gore pulled in 2000. In fact in Ohio alone Kerry won over 554,000 more votes than Gore did. In my book that is pretty impressive. With a volunteer staff of over 120,000 ACT showed that people are not too lazy to work to get out the vote.
I do not see the third party movement as a failure because these groups managed to make themselves relevant in the modern day political world. Becoming more mainstream, these groups helped to attract attention to the election and the poltical process. I do believe that these groups should savor these small victories and work to build on them.
By building on these small victories, I believe activist groups should communicate together and relaize they are working towards a common goal. Just because Bush has four more years in the White House does not mean that these activist groups and all their volunteers worked for nothing. They worked on the basis of principle, got their point across and I believe they got more people to the polls. Although Kerry did not win I believe these groups made a major contribution to the political world. Now they just need to work together with the Democratic Party and proper communication could mean a world of difference and a Democrat in the White House in 2008.
According to Manjoo, in 2004 activists groups helped Kerry to pull much bigger numbers in certain areas as opposed to what Gore pulled in 2000. In fact in Ohio alone Kerry won over 554,000 more votes than Gore did. In my book that is pretty impressive. With a volunteer staff of over 120,000 ACT showed that people are not too lazy to work to get out the vote.
I do not see the third party movement as a failure because these groups managed to make themselves relevant in the modern day political world. Becoming more mainstream, these groups helped to attract attention to the election and the poltical process. I do believe that these groups should savor these small victories and work to build on them.
By building on these small victories, I believe activist groups should communicate together and relaize they are working towards a common goal. Just because Bush has four more years in the White House does not mean that these activist groups and all their volunteers worked for nothing. They worked on the basis of principle, got their point across and I believe they got more people to the polls. Although Kerry did not win I believe these groups made a major contribution to the political world. Now they just need to work together with the Democratic Party and proper communication could mean a world of difference and a Democrat in the White House in 2008.
