Hillary's Ground Game in California is Unmatched

While the Hillary Clinton campaign continues to operate aggressively throughout the early primary states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- it is also going full steam into the February 5th states.
 
The Primary is about the number of delegates a candidate gets in order to earn the party's nomination, the number of delegates needed is 2,025 (or 50 percent plus one). As it stands right now, Hillary is winning the overall delegate count 169 (52%) to Obama's 66 (20%). It is predicted that the delegates received from Iowa will be Obama 16, Hillary 15, and Edwards 14.
 
California makes up about 20% of the delegates needed to win and Tsunami Tuesday (otherwise known as February 5th) will determine 47% of the total delegates. That's why, from day one, the Hillary Clinton campaign has assembled a well-organized campaign operation in California and other Tsunami Tuesday states.
 
We are in this campaign for the long run and have laid the foundation and support needed to remain competitive through February 5th when this election will be decided.
 
In California, our ground game, grassroots organization, and volunteer network throughout the 58 counties are unmatched and will allow us to remain strong.
 
California Campaign Operation:
 
Campaign staffers in Northern and Southern California were hired in May and have been working to generate support and build the infrastructure for a winning field operation that targets Permanent Absentee Voters and mobilizes voters on Election Day.
 
The campaign has traveled across the state to train more than 1,700 volunteer captains known as Hillstars. Each Hillstar is responsible for 100 volunteers in their respective regions.
 
In late November, our campaign sent the first targeted statewide mailer to absentee voters -- we are the only campaign to have communicated with this critical group of voters in California.
 
The campaign has also launched an online phone banking tool located on the California page of the Hillary Clinton website. Our webpage allows volunteers to call targeted voters from anywhere in the state. This is a 21st century get-out-the-vote program.
 
About the California Primary:
 
California voters will receive their absentee ballots beginning this Tuesday, January 8 -- the real start date for the election here -- making it a 29-day long election.
 
Hillary continues to hold a strong lead in California. A poll released on December 12th, by the Public Policy Institute of California found that Hillary leads Democratic opponents by a wide margin: Clinton at 44, Obama at 20, and Edwards at 12.
 
The latest California Field Poll, released on December 19, showed Hillary Clinton continuing to hold a double digit lead among California voters with Hillary at 36 percent, Senator Obama at 22 percent and John Edwards at 13 percent. Moreover, she is viewed by a majority of Democratic primary voters -- 52 percent -- as having the best chance of any of the leading Democrats of being elected president next November. Just 18 percent say this about Obama and 16 percent for Edwards.
 
We attribute Hillary's strong showing in California to the fact that she has discussed policy issues that matter to California voters while traveling throughout the state. Californians know that she has the experience to start leading the nation on day one.
 
The Presidential election season starts with the first caucus in Iowa and first primary in New Hampshire. These early states are the beginning, not the end of the campaign -- this is a marathon and not a sprint.
 
Hillary has the financial resources, political backing and campaign infrastructure to stay in the race for the long haul. She will be the Democratic nominee and ultimately the President of the United States.
 
California will make a critical difference with its more than 400 delegates -- and it could likely emerge as the tipping point of the entire primary. When you add up the number of delegates from IA, NH, SC, and NV they amount to about half the number of delegates from California.

We always knew and said Iowa would be our toughest state, which is why we built this campaign to compete in states across the nation through February 5th. Democrats around the country are going to have their voices heard in determining the next President and we have the resources and the organization to make our case from start to finish.

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