Bloomberg Canvassers for the Los Angeles Times
I was recently assigned to walk the Denver burbs for the Los Angeles Times and speak with primary voters and document canvassers. For the first time in 20 years, Colorado is holding a presidential primary instead of caucuses.
So eyes on Colorado, and the state's 1.4 million independent voters, as the field scrambles for Super Tuesday delegates.
“For the first time in 20 years, Colorado is holding a presidential primary instead of caucuses, which tend to attract political activists. The 2016 Democratic caucuses drew just 123,000 voters, while the party’s 2020 primary is open to 2.4 million, including nearly 1.4 million independents who can sway the results in unpredictable ways. “That’s a wild card,” said Alan Salazar, a Colorado Democratic strategist who is chief of staff to Denver’s mayor and is neutral in the primary. “I’m not sure any of us knows how that will shake out.”
On Saturday, a couple dozen Bloomberg canvassers, both paid and volunteer, set out from his office in a Wheat Ridge strip mall in the foothills of the Rockies. Two of them, Brittany James and Allyson Gottesman, spent the next couple hours going door-to-door among the snow-covered lawns of the Denver suburb trying to drum up support for Bloomberg.”
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Michael R. Bloomberg campaign volunteers help organize canvassers on Saturday before they hit the streets of Wheat Ridge, Colo. (Nathan W. Armes / For The Times)
Canvasser Allyson Gottesman points to the next street of voters’ homes while Michael R. Bloomberg field organizer Brittany James double-checks their notes in Wheat Ridge, Colo., while canvassing on Saturday. (Nathan W. Armes / For The Times)
Cherice Chavez, center, speaks to field organizer Brittany James, left, and canvasser Allyson Gottesman, right, of Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign outside her home on Saturday in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Chavez’s son, Nicholas Vigil, 11, listens to the conversation. (Nathan W. Armes / For The Times)
