GENERATION 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour party (JLP), said it would copy and paste aspects of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in its bid to have Daryl Vaz elected Member of Parliament (MP) for West Portland.

Warren Newby, president of the nine-year-old organisation, told The Sunday Gleaner the group of young labourites learnt a lot from the Obama campaign and will be adopting some of his campaign methods.

Ad campaign

G2K managed the ad campaign of the JLP in the 2007 general elections. The JLP won the election 32-28 in the 60-seat Parliament, but the subsequent disqualification of Vaz by the courts has forced a by-election in West Portland. The election will be held on March 23.