Whatcom County Young Democrats » Uncategorized http://whatcomyoungdems.org Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:08:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Events for Democrats in August http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2010/08/01/events-for-democrats-in-august/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2010/08/01/events-for-democrats-in-august/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:08:09 +0000 Mike Estes http://whatcomyoungdems.org/?p=188 Young Dems Meetup
Tuesday Aug 3rd, 6pm
Meet at the Copper Hog for some $2 tacos, probable sun, and fancy beers

Whatcom Democrats Picnic
Sunday Aug 8th, 4:30pm – 8:30pm
Fairhaven Park upper pavilion
$7 for a picnic dinner.  Mayor Dan Pike and County Executive Pete Kremen will be speaking.

Sponsored by the Democratic Women’s Club of Whatcom County

Young Dems Primary Night Pre-Funk
Tuesday Aug 17th
6pm – 7:30pm at the Ranch Room
They have a TV so we can watch any news coverage before the results drop around 8pm

Followed by…

Whatcom Democrats Election night party
Tuesday Aug 17th 7:30pm – 10pm
Chuckanut Brewery

Keep up-to-date with all the local happenings on our website calendar
And by joining us on Facebook

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Richard May: Wine about the Economy
Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W Holly St. Bellingham

Thursday May 27 5-7pm
Al Jensen Campaign Kick-off
Squalicum Boathouse, 2600 Harbor Loop

Check out the candidates websites for more information on upcoming events.

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10am to 3pm at Shuksan Middle School.

Tentative Convention Schedule
10:00 am Welcome, and speeches by candidates for Congress, Legislature, and possibly other races.
11:00 am  Platform: See the proposed Platform at our website. No new planks or resolutions will be considered at the Convention. Anyone who disagrees with a
plank may “flag” it for separate voting after the balance of the Platform is adopted.
12:30 pm   Lunch: $5 will get you a great sandwich, fruit, drink.
1 pm  LD Caucus: elect delegates to the state convention. Anyone interested in running for delegate should plan to sign up when they check in in the morning.
2 pm Platform reconvene to complete whatever is left.

More info

]]> http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2010/04/05/county-democrats-convention/feed/ 0 Getting involved at the local level http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/03/12/getting-involved-at-the-local-level/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/03/12/getting-involved-at-the-local-level/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:27:40 +0000 Mike Estes There's a blog post over at the Bellingham Herald about open seats on different boards and commissions.

]]> http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/03/12/getting-involved-at-the-local-level/feed/ 0 Meeting tonight! Topic: Bellingham waterfront. http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/02/03/meeting-tonight-topic-bellingham-waterfront/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/02/03/meeting-tonight-topic-bellingham-waterfront/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:56:20 +0000 Mike Estes Here are some links for info:

http://www.portofbellingham.com/content/ArchivesItem_147_1163_v

http://www.portofbellingham.com/content/ArchivesItem_147_1656_v

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Rail/PNWRC_BellinghamWaterfront/

http://crosscut.com/2008/12/18/bellingham/18699/

http://www.bellinghamwaterfrontdistrict.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingham_Waterfront

]]> http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2009/02/03/meeting-tonight-topic-bellingham-waterfront/feed/ 0 New officers http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/12/16/new-officers/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/12/16/new-officers/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:50:51 +0000 Mike Estes On Tuesday December 2nd, the WCYD's held elections. The following officers will officially take office effective January 1st.

President: Andrew Lamb
Vice President: Jono Marion
Secretary: Jakob Lunden
Treasurer: Steve Rydman

The WCYD's have decided to make the position of webmaster an executive position. Mike Estes will continue in that role. The WCYD's have also decided to appoint an event coordinator. Filling that role will be Monica Gunderson.

Congratulations to all the new officers!

]]> http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/12/16/new-officers/feed/ 0 Mark Flanders responds to the Cascadia Weekly non-endorsment http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/10/25/mark-flanders-responds-to-the-cascadia-weekly-non-endorsment/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/10/25/mark-flanders-responds-to-the-cascadia-weekly-non-endorsment/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:51:49 +0000 Mike Estes Mark Flanders posted some background on how he thinks the Cascadia got a bad impression from him:

My mistake was a failure to recognize that we were not attending the same appointment. He was at a deposition of a political upstart, and I was at a “Let’s get to know each other” chat.

]]> http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/10/25/mark-flanders-responds-to-the-cascadia-weekly-non-endorsment/feed/ 0 Get out the vote! http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/10/22/get-out-the-vote/ http://whatcomyoungdems.org/2008/10/22/get-out-the-vote/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:05:07 +0000 Mike Estes Your help is needed down at the Bellingham coordinated campaign office.

Two weeks to go until the election. Help out as much as you can.

Show up for door-belling shifts:
Monday thru Friday: 5pm – 8pm
Saturday: 10am – 2pm, 3pm – 7pm
Sunday: 1pm – 4pm, 4pm – 7 pm

Show up for phone banking shifts:
Monday thru Saturday: 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm, 5pm – 8pm
Sunday: 12pm – 8pm

Office location: 1220 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA
map

If you have any questions, contact the office at (360) 734-1739

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Over the past month I've been trying to keep up with sites that track the electoral vote predictions for the presidential election. I think looking state by state is more interesting that just following national poll numbers. There are 2 sites I really like for tracking the electoral college predictions.

First up is Electoral-vote.com. They have a nice big map showing their predictions. I also really like their breakdown of electoral vote estimates over time. There are two graphs for 2008 on here, the estimated electoral votes over time, and below that are just the counts of “safe” states for each candidate. Safe states means the candidate has > 5% lead over their opponent. It also has the full graphs from 2004 for comparison.

Next up is fivethirtyeight.com. This guy puts tons of math behind his analysis. They run thousands of simulations every day, based on their analysis of current and historical polling. Halfway down on the right side is a list of chances for bizarre outcomes such as an electoral vote tie (currently 0.28%) or Obama losing the popular vote but winning the electoral vote (3.23%).

Electoral Vote DistributionElectoral Vote Distribution

The past 3 or 4 weeks we've seen a huge slide towards Obama in all of these estimates. I'll be keeping an eye on these sites in the last 3 weeks before election day.

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9/21, Sunday, 1pm

YDWA Statewide Campaign Event for Peter Goldmark

Meet at the Coordinating campaign office on Bay and Holly.

YDWA is have a statewide campaign invasion day to support Peter Goldmark who is running for Commissioner of Public Lands. This was the closest statewide race in the primary, and a race where we can have an impact! We will be organizing to go out across the state, including in your area! We will be going out in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Vancouver, Pullman, Spokane, Everett and Olympia. Meeting locations will be posted and announced as they are confirmed.

9/22 & 9/23 Monday, Tuesday 11AM-3PM

AS Red Square Info Fair

We will be sharing a row of tables with the Western Young Dems and the Coordainting Campaign, regsitering students to vote, and increasing awarness for our club.
Contact us if you want to help!

9/24 Wednesday, 10am-12:30pm

Tabling at Sehome High School

We will be registering seniors at Sehome High at vote during their lunch hours. This will be a non-partisan event. Contact us if you want to help!

9/30 Tuesday, 8pm-9pm

Young Dems meeting at Rudy's

10/7 Tuesday, 5pm-8pm

Young Dems Planned Parenthood Phonebank

Meet at the PP office 2300 James Street Suite #207

Come whenever you can!

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