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College Democrats serves as a source of ideas, organization, and activism directed towards supporting students at the University of Oregon who seek to gain experience in campus, local, state, or national politicals through voter education, voter registration, and voter turn-out effort, as well as those who seek to gain experience by aiding candidates or campaigns aligned with the ideals found within the platform, heritage, and future directions of the Democratic Party.
With the 2010 mid-term elections not far away pundits have their eyes on the Governor races in Virginia and New Jersey; their outcomes might be an indicator of how successful Democrats will be next November.
Creigh Deeds
During the Obama campaign, students from across the nation bussed to different states, phone-banked for representatives in district’s that weren’t their own, and effectively worked together breaking traditional boundaries in an extraordinary effort that gave us a majority in both houses of Congress and a democratic president. This year the University of Oregon College Democrats will extend the paradigms established in the 2008 election by helping elect Creigh Deeds, the democratic candidate for governor in Virginia.
As Olympia Snowe so delicately put it last week, one person can make a big difference in politics. If Mr. Deeds Republican opponent were elected, it would be a clear reversal of the momentum we all worked so hard to achieve. As Democrats living in the 21st century, we have an opportunity to help make sure this doesn’t happen. If you’re available Sunday Oct 25th from 1pm-3pm you can help phone-bank for Creigh Deeds, and prove to the pundits that 2010 will be a good year for Democrats.
