What does a group of Clinton supporters in deep-red Alaska look like?

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Tales from the Trail
What does a group of Clinton supporters in deep-red Alaska look like?
By Emily Flitter
June 26, 2015



REUTERS/Emily Flitter

ANCHORAGE – Here is what a early Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer meeting looks like in Alaska:

A narrow, sun-drenched backyard, a picnic table nestled between a shady tree and a chicken coop, a capsized canoe off to one side cradling a well of ice filled with cans of beer and soda, and 15 or so gung-ho Clinton supporters snacking on homemade barbecue fare on a weekday evening.

That was the scene at the home of Harry Need and his wife Leslie, who met in law school back in the Lower 48, in Oklahoma, but fell in love with Alaska and moved here several years ago. The Needs are doing what they can to help drum up support for the Democratic presidential front-runner in a state where the last Democrat to win the presidential contest was Lyndon B. Johnson.

Not only is the state a safe bet for Republican presidential candidates — offering a paltry three electoral votes, to boot — Alaskan voters are also deeply suspicious of outsiders and dismissive of candidates who don’t take the time to meet them in person. Clinton’s volunteer organizer Connor Shaw learned that right away when he found himself struggling to convince Alaskans he was cold-calling that he was actually present in the state, despite the Connecticut area code that showed up on Caller ID when he dialed using his personal cell phone...................