WES CLARK’S NEW HAMPSHIRE
CAMPAIGN
BY THE NUMBERS
Personnel
· Number of field offices: 11 (North Country, Upper Valley, Lakes Region, Concord, Dover, Cheshire County, Manchester, Nashua, Derry, Portsmouth and Veterans’ Outreach office)
· Number of paid New Hampshire staff: 77
· Number of full-time volunteers: 117
· Number of volunteers who have worked in New Hampshire since October: 4,000+
· Veterans for Clark staffers: 1 full-time, paid staffer and 5 full-time volunteers
· Veterans for Clark supporters: 500+
Voter contact
· Phone calls made from Manchester HQ to Manchester residents: 72,000+
· Phone calls made from all NH offices to NH voters: 200,000+
· Number of automated or paid calls: 0
· Number of negative calls: 0
· Average personal calls per day from Manchester HQ: 5,000
· Phone calls made from out of state to NH voters: 25,000+
· Personal letters to NH voters from around the country: 150,000
· Average daily hits on www.newhampshireforclark.com: 1,025
Attendance
· Number of “Conversations with Clark” since Jan. 1: 25
· Estimated number of New Hampshire voters who have seen Wes Clark since Jan. 1: 20,000
· “Hard count” predicted attendance for Jan. 3 Conversation with Clark in Portsmouth: 250
· Actual attendance for Jan. 3 Conversation with Clark in Portsmouth: 1,000+
· “Hard count” predicted attendance for Jan. 17 All America Rally: 500
· Actual predicted attendance for Jan. 17 All America Rally: 2,000+
· Days available
to build crowd for Jan. 17 All America Rally: 3
Visibility
· Number of yard signs distributed: 20,000
· Number of yard signs on order: 25,000
· Number of large 4x8 signs on display in the state: 500
· Number of “American Son” DVDs distributed to NH residents: 75,000
· Number of volunteers “Waving for Wes” on Wednesday, Jan. 14: about 100
· Temperature
in Laconia on “Waving for Wes Wednesday,” Jan 14: -25 degrees (with wind
chill). As one campaign staffer said, “It was colder in Dover, New
Hampshire than it was on the surface of the moon. We went canvassing.”
Paid communications
· Number of weeks ads have been airing in NH: 10
· Average weekly number of GRPs in January: 1,100 points
For more information on Wes Clark’s New Hampshire campaign, contact Mo Elleithee at x.
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