Beer, dancing, drag queens and bicycles. For the Portland League of Young Voters, it was an ideal way to raise awareness about alternative transportation.
The Portland League of Young Voters held their biannual ReEmergence “DANCEPORTATION ReEvolution” event Thursday night. The event attempts to fuse culture with a political message. Click here for video of the league’s Communications Director Katie Diamond addressing the crowd.
-- Steve Abbott, campaign manager and former Senate chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, on the predisposition among many Maine voters to perceive themselves as independents, which weakens the effect of national trends.