{"id":213,"date":"2016-11-08T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/?p=213"},"modified":"2016-11-08T22:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T22:57:31","slug":"democrats-run-campaign-old-italian-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/democrats-run-campaign-old-italian-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats run campaign from old Italian restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Liam Harrap
\n<\/strong>Nov. 8, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

POTSDAM, N.Y. \u2013\u00a0First-time voter Dameian Bossarte has been working the phones at the Democratic headquarters in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., since early Tuesday morning, trying to get out the vote.<\/p>\n

\"Dameian
Dameian Bossate, Democratic Party volunteer, second-year university student studying government history, and first-time voter [Photo \u00a9 Arvin Joaquin]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cIt appears voter-turnout is high,\u201d says the government history student at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. That is good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Democrats of St. Lawrence County, who are running their campaign from an old Italian restaurant in Potsdam, are hoping there will be enough anti-Trump sentiment in this traditional Republican territory to bring victory to candidate Mike Derrick.<\/p>\n

One new vote will come from Bossarte, who was only 15 when Americans last went to the polls in 2012.<\/p>\n

As a volunteer, he says that technology is boosting the Democrat\u2019s organizing capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis election is different than others,\u201d he says. \u201cThe biggest change has been technology. With social media, like Twitter and Facebook, people can get organised easier. We now have the technology to call hundreds of people at once, instead of one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ches
Ches Ryan, Democratic Party organizer [Photo \u00a9 Liam Harrap]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Campaign volunteers have been filing in and out all day. For Ches Ryan, the Democrat organiser for the 21st<\/sup> District, it\u2019s been a busy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to bed at 3 a.m., and got up a couple hours later,\u201d says Ryan. \u201cBut so far, the day has been going great. We\u2019re very hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nan Clingman, an attorney for Mental Hygiene Legal Services, has been working the phones for a couple hours. She explains what she\u2019s doing and why it\u2019s important:<\/p>\n