Got a call yesterday, asking if I'd
be supporting Hillary Clinton at our March 1 caucuses in MN. I said I would. Apparently, the Clinton campaign is out recruiting caucus attendees already, two months before the caucuses. I haven't heard from the Sanders organization yet.
It's a little unusual for there to be much campaigning about these poorly-attended precinct caucuses, really. It's interesting that the Clinton campaign is actively calling at this point. Now, they may just be calling people who have been to previous caucuses, but I don't know the answer to that.
I don't get involved in campaigning prior to presidential year caucuses. Normally, I'm busy with state legislative candidates I support. This year, our current group will no doubt be shoe-ins, and no endorsements are made until the Senate district conventions, so it would be unusual for any of them to be pushing precinct caucus attendance.
I will be interested to see what the turnout will be at my precinct's caucus, though. Normally, it is quite low. If the Sanders campaign pushes hard for these, he might have a better chance here. That the Clinton organization is already pushing for attendance indicates that they will be trying hard to get the caucus votes here.
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