OperationRedNovember

Like 2010, Operation Red November in 2011 will be a grassroots movement by College Republicans nationwide to recruit and mobilize college students to vote and volunteer for Republican candidates in local and state elections. Currently, plans are being written to hire, train and deploy highly trained College Republican field Operatives to work alongside our 200,000 members on 1,500 campuses across country to make November 2011 as red as November 2010!

For Operation Red November in 2011, the keys to success are: Recruiting, Training, Mobilizing and Web Activism.

• Recruit. We will deploy College Republican field representatives to lead in the recruitment of new Republican students, targeted voter registration drives, campus canvassing, and organizing College Republican meetings on each campus. In 2011, we will deploy field representatives to do just that, and their presence in targeted areas will be crucial for victory. In addition, we will hire a regional field director to supplement local volunteer and field representative activities during key points during the election cycle.

• Train. As the nation’s largest grassroots political organization, training our members is vital to our continued success. Training programs cover every subject from youth activism to campus projects to fundraising to recruitment. Our field representatives will go through extensive training to fully understand their goals, establish state-specific plans for the fall, and elevate the skill level of our statewide leadership teams. When in the field, they will use this training everyday as they recruit and mobilize college students to vote and volunteer for Republican candidates.

• Mobilize. When the time comes, we will deploy thousands of College Republican volunteers from areas with fewer contested races to swing regions around the country. They will make a significant impact on the margins in closely contested congressional and gubernatorial races providing hundreds of thousands of man-hours making phone calls, walking neighborhoods, and performing the general ground work of campaigns. College Republican field representatives will coordinate weekly volunteer events in fall 2011 targeted around the field program. These volunteer efforts will include weekly nationwide pushes to get out the vote for Republican candidates. Although these events are critically important, the pinnacle of the field program is the final 96 hours before the election. During this time, field representatives will mobilize thousands of volunteers to get-out-the-vote just days before the election to help ensure Republican victory.

• Web Activism. We have engaged in an aggressive and finely tuned effort to reach out to youth voters online and engage them in messages tailored to the concerns of the Millennial generation. Voter registration forms, issue education, and links to center-right and allied coalitions are just a click away via www.CollegeRepublicans.org. We also reach out to tens of thousands of college students everyday through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and FourSquare.

The College Republicans have launched Operation Red November in recognition that the ground has never been more fertile to win the support of America's youth. Discouraged and upset from Democrats' broken campaign promises, students are looking to the power of ideas. Through Operation Red November, the College Republican National Committee is driving and defining the debate among young people, and providing them with a major organized grassroots effort to elect responsible leaders who advocate for fiscally responsible "change."

If you would like to join with College Republicans and become an important part of Operation Red November, here are several ways you can take action:

1. Take the Operation Red November pledge to vote and volunteer for Republican candidates in 2011. Pledge yourself to Republican victory here.

2. Become a fan of Operation Red November on Facebook and suggest the page to your friends as well. Become a fan on Facebook here.

3. Tell your friends and family about Operation Red November by sending them an introductory email. Send an Operation Red November email to everyone in your inbox here.

4. Find the College Republican chapter nearest you and get them on board with making November 2011 as red as it can possibly be. Check to see if there is a College Republican club on your campus here. If there isn't one, learn how to start a club here.

5. Please consider giving to Operation Red November because its the generosity of supporters like you that make this possible. Make a donation here.