In the back of a West Des Moines brew pub, a dozen supporters of Pete Buttigieg sipped craft beer and wine, scribbling members of their social circles on campaign worksheets — clubs, yoga groups, jobs, school organizations.
Over the next hour, people like Julie DeMicco, a local middle school teacher, worked their smartphones in what Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign calls a"relational phone bank," calling and texting. DeMicco hoped to catch some of her teacher friends to test their interest.
And while Buttigieg's team has confidence in his strategy, particularly the component of aggressively multiplying the personal influence of his early supporters, he faces intense time pressure to put in place the pieces that could vault him into serious consideration. In 2007, Obama's Iowa team, then in the early days of the digital campaign age, recorded information of those attending his events, translated those crowds into thousands of votes and stunned Hillary Clinton with his caucus victory.
He also is introducing a far more visible physical presence in cities and counties across the state, adding 20 offices to his lone Des Moines headquarters over the next three weeks. "This is our chance to prove it, and that starts with you," Buttigieg told more than 300 supporters opening his new Cedar Rapids office, a converted home on the city's southwest side."It's neighbor to neighbor, student to student, friend to friend, co-worker to co-worker. And that's the kind of organizing we do in this campaign."
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