Day 7- Running on Coffee

What a day! After getting little sleep because of the watch party the night before we headed out to the office. We quickly gathered to greet the Mayor of Los Angeles and other congressional representatives and state senators. We were cramped in the office’s basement while we listened to each one of their short speeches about why they believe Hillary should be the next president of the United States. The group then headed to Nashua High School North to see the rally. Debbie, Damaris, and I went to canvass before it started while Emilio and Steve stayed to attend the rally. An interesting thing happened here, we went inside to use the restroom and when we were all done we huddled off to the side and this rude security guard said we were pulling a sneaky trick and kicked us out! It was funny actually, because we truly just needed to use the restroom. We went out canvassing for most of the day with a woman named Janie who lives in D.C. Most of the volunteers today were from D.C. or NYC; I believe there was a bus with both travelers. One of the best parts of interning is meeting so many great people and they all are so enthusiastic and willing to help with anything. Janie drove us around all day while we canvassed. I met some interesting people canvassing today with Damaris. First, we met a little girl who was trained to answer the door with “we don’t support Hillary” this just struck us differently because we realized that most people at this point are ready for this primary to be over. They have resorted to training their kids to answering the doorbells and phone calls. Another interesting thing was all of the signs that say, “Campaigners go away” or some versions of do not knock on my door. It is tough to encounter folks who do not want to help us out or listen to us speak. When someone says, that their not interested in politics I almost want to take them aside to tell them why they should be! Anyways around 7 o’clock, we headed back to the office to help with lit projects for these last crucial days. Our group was sent out at 8:30 to do a little bit of friendly counter visibility where absolute chaos ensued! The police came and we were told to be quiet and get out of the street. Damaris and I left early because the un-civil nature made us uneasy. We stayed until right before midnight to help with more literature. A 15-hour day is rough on 3-4 hours of sleep! Were working hard in NH for you Hillary!

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