League of Rural Voters :: 2/6/08 - League of Rural Voters: Super Tuesday Turnout Shows Voters Looking for Change

2/6/08 - League of Rural Voters: Super Tuesday Turnout Shows Voters Looking for Change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 6, 2008
Emily Gaumer, League of Rural Voters
612.879.7578 (0)
612.270.0469 (cell)
emily@leagueofruralvoters.org

League of Rural Voters: Super Tuesday Turnout Shows Voters Looking for Change

MINNEAPOLIS - Today, the League of Rural Voters Executive Director Niel Ritchie issued the following statement regarding the Super Tuesday results.

"While the campaigns vow to continue the fight and work out strategy, the real story of Super Tuesday is the number of people, rural and urban, who participated in the caucuses and primaries across the county, many for the first time."

"The victory was in the number of people who let their voices be heard, signaling a desire for real change."

The League of Rural Voters was founded in 1985 as a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the representation of rural people in the public policy making process. The League seeks to build awareness of the economic challenges facing rural communities while advocating for federal and state policies that focus government resources on education, health care and local and regional economic development.

Super_Tuesday_statement_2-6-08.pdf

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