So tonight, I hosted a phone bank. I thought we would be calling into Iowa or South Carolina like before, but instead… we’re opening up Super Tuesday state phone banking! (I know Texas is also calling Texas through some of the #Slack channels I am part of, I don’t know about the other Super Tuesday states.)
So I called people mostly in the 804 area code. Actually.. CodersForBernie have created a genius system, where we can hold phone bank parties OR just make calls from our home in our spare time — we have people who just dial all day long, and then when they get a live person, can send it to a phone banker who wants to talk. :P This has also been gamified, so we have a PhoneBank Duel system set up, where people can earn badges, etc.
Because the Virginia system is just being tested out, I had a few more lulls in calls than I’ve had in the past, but in two hours, I still got 51 calls in. It was great! In Virginia, I didn’t have a single person who said they were supporting Trump, and in fact, gathered quite a few people who were not only *Strong Sanders* supporters, but also told me that they could be added to the volunteer list!
There were a total of 7 of us in the dining room, just talking Bernie up. And this time, probably because of the whole general pleasure I got from people that I spoke to — I was not socially anxious about calling strangers. I was /excited/ to talk Bernie. And Bernie is going to win Virginia. It’s coming.