On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, while most people were anxiously waiting in front of their televisions for poll results, the SF State College Democrats were still pushing local registered voters to get out and vote before the polling booths closed in California at 8 p.m.

Such diligence would eventually pay off as Sen. Barrack Obama, their party's candidate, would emerge as the 44th President of the United States of America later that evening. He would go on to say in his acceptance speech that it was volunteers—like the College Democrats—and their contributions to his campaign in the form of phone banking, tabling, and especially precinct walking that culminated in his victory as President-elect of the country.