Cutting classes and unpaid leave: volunteers knock on doors for Democratic wannabes in Iowa

Cutting classes and unpaid leave: volunteers knock on doors for Democratic wannabes in Iowa

In the snow and bitter cold of an Iowa winter, thousands of volunteers from across the United States knock on doors and tout their candidate for next week’s Democratic primary, their unpaid labor a testimony to how crucial they believe the vote is likely to be.

Wearing a bright yellow teeshirt emblazoned with the name Pete Buttigieg, the youngest candidate in a very large field, volunteer George Biagi had just arrived at Des Moines airport to join the fray from the sunnier climes of California.

Like some 2,300 other volunteers who have come here off their own bat, with no official […]

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