Local education advocacy group Strong Schools has gained national attention for their use of Facebook to organize a campaign to change the Sumner County Commission.
A story appeared at Huffington Post detailing the group's effective use of social media in the 2014 elections.
The story noted:
Social media was also huge for getting out the vote. We made people care by showing them how much these issues mattered and making them believe things could change. In 2000, voter turnout was 4,000 citizens. This time, we had 13,000 come to the polls.
And the result? All 13 candidates endorsed by Strong Schools PAC won their races in the Republican Primary. We even beat three incumbents, and gave the "good ol' boy system" the boot. It's a whole new day in this county.
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