Comments on: Knocking on doors http://rc3.org/2008/09/22/knocking-on-doors/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: acm http://rc3.org/2008/09/22/knocking-on-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-3096 acm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:20:12 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8508#comment-3096 <p>That's a pretty high at-home rate. In Philly we take a whole division (some 800 voters, of whom a third are in inaccessible highrises) and maybe get 5 people home in one round of canvassing. Which can make it hard to keep putting in the hours (although a couple of positive receptions go a long way)...</p> <p>Plus, I've heard that it actually takes more than one contact (door, phone, mailing, etc.) to actually get that voter all the way to the polls. But that could also vary.</p> That’s a pretty high at-home rate. In Philly we take a whole division (some 800 voters, of whom a third are in inaccessible highrises) and maybe get 5 people home in one round of canvassing. Which can make it hard to keep putting in the hours (although a couple of positive receptions go a long way)…

Plus, I’ve heard that it actually takes more than one contact (door, phone, mailing, etc.) to actually get that voter all the way to the polls. But that could also vary.

]]> By: Asmotyar http://rc3.org/2008/09/22/knocking-on-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-3077 Asmotyar Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:50:36 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8508#comment-3077 <p>If you had the presidential election in mind, do you live in a state where the election outcome is possibly uncertain?</p> <p>Someone running for state senate was hanging around the train platform on my way to work a few days ago. Not a totally unsmart idea, there are a lot of people mulling around with nowhere else to go for a few minutes.</p> If you had the presidential election in mind, do you live in a state where the election outcome is possibly uncertain?

Someone running for state senate was hanging around the train platform on my way to work a few days ago. Not a totally unsmart idea, there are a lot of people mulling around with nowhere else to go for a few minutes.

]]> By: Travis http://rc3.org/2008/09/22/knocking-on-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 Travis Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:12:47 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8508#comment-3043 <p>My local member of parliament (NDP) just showed up personally at my door on Sunday. Well, she had a team actually handling the door knocking, but she was present for anyone that was home to shake hands and offer to answer any questions I might have about the campaign (election is October 14th). That was a bit more effective than the Liberal volunteers, who did not have their candidate backing them up. Or the Conservatives, who haven't been by at all yet.</p> <p>Of course, since I just spent the last couple weeks helping build the election coverage site for one of the major networks up here, I've been paying a lot more attention to the election than I usually do.</p> My local member of parliament (NDP) just showed up personally at my door on Sunday. Well, she had a team actually handling the door knocking, but she was present for anyone that was home to shake hands and offer to answer any questions I might have about the campaign (election is October 14th). That was a bit more effective than the Liberal volunteers, who did not have their candidate backing them up. Or the Conservatives, who haven’t been by at all yet.

Of course, since I just spent the last couple weeks helping build the election coverage site for one of the major networks up here, I’ve been paying a lot more attention to the election than I usually do.

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