Those in attendance wouldn’t have been making calls today, though. I’ve met enough of them to know that they go to these things as social events. It’s fun to make your little signs and paint your face and listen to music. Making phone calls is something a small, very dedicated group of people in that age group are willing to do.
I may be wrong but I think the Tea Party might skew somewhat older, and those folks, if they are going to get involved, know what that means, and what actually works. Hooking up at a hippie-ish event is fun, but the smell of patchouli oil gets kinda old after awhile.
I'll bet not one of this group has ever made a phone call or knocked on a door for any candidate.........even their 'messiah.'
But while they were partying, thousands of volunteers were making even more than thousands of calls and knocking on thousands of doors to GOTV, and the results of that effort will make these boys and girls very unhappy.
They'll be mad on Tuesday, and we'll be tired, but elated at what the real work of elections results in.......VICTORY.