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Published September 05, 2008 04:15 pm - Emery Hutson sees the election as a time to be part of something big. “It’s just an exciting project,” says the Joplin campaign volunteer working at the Jasper County Democratic Headquarters.  Donors hoping to sway presidential race w/ link to search for political campaign contributionsBy Debby Woodin dwoodin@joplinglobe.com Emery Hutson sees the election as a time to be part of something big. “It’s just an exciting project,” says the Joplin campaign volunteer working at the Jasper County Democratic Headquarters. He said the single most important message he wants to spread can be summed up in one word: “Vote.” Like Hutson, Hollis Osborne, a Carthage farmer, has weighed in with his support in the form of a $500 donation to John McCain. “I don’t know what I would say that would make a difference to anybody. Everybody ought to make up their own mind and everybody ought to vote. That’s it,” he said. In the wake of vice presidential picks and the conventions, and with the election less than two months away, grassroots fervor is building, with volunteers and campaign contributors on both sides stepping up their support to sway the race. Officials on both sides of the political divide say they have seen a burst of enthusiasm. Jean Weinberg, regional press secretary for the Obama campaign in Springfield, said they are riding a wave of volunteers. “People who aren’t traditionally involved in politics are walking through the door and asking what they can do to help,” she said. “We are seeing huge numbers of people who aren’t typically involved in politics but this election has energized them.” John Putnam, chairman of the Jasper County Republican Central Committee, said support for McCain wasn’t strong initially in Southwest Missouri, as local Republicans leaned more toward Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. But that is changing. “Just this week, people have suddenly become positively energized behind the McCain campaign,” he said Thursday. “They are really on board with Sarah Palin. After her speech the other night, the number of women who have called is just phenomenal.” The college try Clint Rider, 21, of McCune, Kan., is a technology major in his second year as president of Campus Republicans at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University. His group is moving ahead with registration drives that Rider hopes will bring in votes for McCain and other GOP candidates. 
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