Welcome to the Florida Young Democrats new website, your one-stop source for everything you need to know about young voters and their impact on Florida and Democratic politics. If you have any suggestions about how this site can better serve you, please contact FYD Executive Director Lori Poole at lpoole@flyoungdems.org.
I’d like to thank all of you for all the great work you did to turn out Young Democrats in your communities. From working with campaigns, your local parties and many other activities, Young Democrats were the workhorses of the 2008 electoral season. Not only that, Young Dems in Florida have been identified as a prime reason why Florida went blue.
I want to make sure Young Democrats get credit for all the hard work they did to elect Democrats from the top of the ticket to the bottom. So please let me know over the next few days what you, your chapters, your members and your officers did to help elect Dems in your areas. The more specific you can be, the more specific I can be when I’m promoting you and your chapters with state and party leaders. So if you have them, give me numbers, races, and what actions you took to bring out people in your community for Democrats.
The sooner you all can get this to me the better it will be. I’m working on a press release to go out Thursday or Friday. You can either post it here in a comment, or email me at lpoole@flyoungdems.org.
Again, great job to all of you. I look forward to working with you as we make FYD and its local chapters THE premiere Democratic organization in Florida.
YES WE DID!!!!!!
Lori Poole
Executive Director
Florida Young Democrats
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