In Nevada, Sanders volunteers campaign with rag-tag enthusiasm

[leftcoastmountains]

Alex Nunez wasted no time Sunday morning when the first person he spoke with told him, with a clipped “No,” that he was not a backer of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Months ago, when Nunez first began traveling from Silicon Valley to Reno as a Sanders volunteer, he would stick around when he got a “No,” hoping to sway more voters to Sanders' side. But there's no time for that now — not with the Nevada caucuses less than a week away.

Without skipping a beat, Nunez politely bade the man farewell and moved on.

Sanders' supporters in Nevada are clearly energized by his ascendant campaign, boosted by the razor-thin loss to Hillary Clinton in Iowa and a double-digit victory in New Hampshire. Their challenge now is to harness that enthusiasm into organization.

The effort can be a little rag-tag, they admit.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-sanders-volunteers-reno-20160214-story.html

[azmom]

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