Harris' campaign is transforming big crowds into volunteers on the ground in key swing states

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(NBC News) WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is intently focused on making sure the burst of enthusiasm after her rapid ascent to the Democratic presidential nomination is organized into a sustained campaign that will mobilize an army of volunteers ahead of November.

In the last week, as Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, crisscrossed the country speaking to packed rallies with thousands of voters, the campaign has also been hard at work signing up volunteers at those events in an effort to ensure victory.

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Last week in Nevada, 1,000 of the 5,010 volunteer sign-ups were for the next day to join a series of weekly events the campaign holds on Sundays, a campaign official said. The campaign official said the burst of sign-ups made Sunday the biggest day yet for the weekly series. For comparison, the official said, attendance at Sunday’s events was 669% over attendance at the previous one, which was held July 7, before President Joe Biden dropped out.

In Wisconsin, the campaign had 13,000 conversations with voters over the weekend, and it got more than 1,100 volunteer sign-ups at a rally in Detroit to volunteer, the official said. .................(more)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-campaign-transforming-big-crowds-volunteers-ground-key-swing-st-rcna166329