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One of the nice things about the digital multiverse is that we can indulge ourselves in self-similarity, the belief that most people think as we do. It’s one of the biggest reasons why it is so important to knock on doors — and, more to the point, for...
by snowbored
on Tue Jul 02, 2024 at 09:09 AM PDT
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[This is our fourth monthly report; you can read the March report here, the April report here and the May report here.] We had a plan. Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers set the goal (10 Million doors knocked before Labor Day) over the...
by snowbored
on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 09:09 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers have been listening to voters, knocking on their doors and soliciting their opinions about the upcoming campaign since March 2nd. Every once in awhile, voters would tell us ‘Joe Biden is too old’ or...
by snowbored
on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 01:46 PM PDT
with 37 Recommends
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We didn’t canvass in Arizona two Saturdays ago — all our canvassing areas were under heat advisories. In Phoenix, even our early starting time for training was above our 2024 cut-off temp (98°); in Tucson, the forecast was either high temps or maybe...
by snowbored
on Sun Jun 30, 2024 at 09:34 AM PDT
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Yesterday, i wrote an “unpopular” diary that posed a couple of (for Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers, at least) critical questions in light of President Biden’s dismal debate performance. Right now, even after Biden’s much better outing...
by snowbored
on Sat Jun 29, 2024 at 09:13 AM PDT
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In a decades old career, i’ve listened to voters, volunteers, campaign staff and (more cynically) consultants and the press moan about the choices we face in numerous elections. You kind of get tired of it. And i always have the same response: run for...
by snowbored
on Fri Jun 28, 2024 at 09:21 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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I admit it is harder for me to write up diaries when i wasn’t in the field the prior weekend. Even though 5,305 Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers knocked on doors in 11 states (Arizona being in the midst of extreme heat warnings), there...
by snowbored
on Thu Jun 27, 2024 at 09:02 AM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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One of the most interesting things about canvassing (as far as i am concerned) is listening to voter concerns and issues prioritization from voters at the door. Many volunteers tell us that voters have told them, no one has ever asked me before — about...
by snowbored
on Wed Jun 26, 2024 at 09:13 AM PDT
with 26 Recommends
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In 2024, voters�can reshape the balance of power in the Kansas Legislature.
The Kansas GOP holds more than two-thirds of seats in both the State House and Senate. This “supermajority,” as it’...
by grim determined indolent
on Fri Jun 28, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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[Didn’t post this yesterday since i was at Virginia’s Democratic state convention and didn’t feel like i would be able to interact with the post. I was wrong — there was a lot more “down time” than i expected, but what can you do?] Continuing my annual...
by snowbored
on Sun Jun 23, 2024 at 09:27 AM PDT
with 124 Recommends
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Screw Kansas’ poor people receiving assistance from Temporary Aid for Needy Families. Gov. Sam Brownback signed draconian restrictions to the program into law last decade, leaving poor families worse off and misleading Kansans about the results. Screw...
by grim determined indolent
on Fri Jun 21, 2024 at 08:44 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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As is my practice (for the most part), i really like to highlight the state where the most volunteers show up the previous Saturday to knock on doors for Hope Springs from Field PAC [website]. This week that is Pennsylvania. Three states (including one...
by snowbored
on Fri Jun 21, 2024 at 09:12 AM PDT
with 23 Recommends
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One of the things that you learn by working campaigns for *so* long is that voters make their decision of who they will vote for at different times in the electoral cycle. Some of us (like me) are locked in early. Presidential and senate campaigns that...
by snowbored
on Thu Jun 20, 2024 at 09:02 AM PDT
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Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers and partners (Black Churches, Divine 9 chapters and Tribes in Arizona) continue to make progress on our “special projects.” As a reminder, here are five special project areas that Hope Springs has been...
by snowbored
on Wed Jun 19, 2024 at 09:06 AM PDT
with 44 Recommends
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Every Saturday, i try to visit on of the 12 states where Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers are knocking on doors. There are many reasons for this, but among the reasons are conversations like i had last Saturday in Las Vegas. By the time...
by snowbored
on Tue Jun 18, 2024 at 09:06 AM PDT
with 64 Recommends
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So i’m on my annual Oh-My-God-It’s-Hot tour (started in Arizona two weeks ago), which meant i was in Texas last Saturday. As i’ve mentioned before, we’ve started using cooling vehicles in areas that were expected to get above 92°. The health and safety...
by snowbored
on Sat Jun 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM PDT
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Yesterday, DKos member bullfox asked, “if you see any evidence of Republicans knocking on doors, any evidence of Republican get out the vote efforts?” And i replied that i need to start including that in these weekly wrap-ups. Because we are starting...
by snowbored
on Sun Jun 09, 2024 at 10:16 AM PDT
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Well, we have reached the first highly anticipated obstacle: hazardous weather (heat) that could endanger volunteers. Which means that, last Saturday, we started using cooling vehicles in areas that were expected to get above 92°. In Texas, that meant...
by snowbored
on Sat Jun 08, 2024 at 09:25 AM PDT
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The last time Ohio was a subject of a diary, i wrote “Winning is contagious.” Well, in some of the states where Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers are knocking on doors, competition is contagious, as well. Like Georgia, that’s true in...
by snowbored
on Fri Jun 07, 2024 at 09:07 AM PDT
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There was a mere 5 volunteer difference between the #1 and #2 state in volunteer turnout on Saturday. Georgia has been one of our most “competitive” states, meaning that organizers and volunteers in Georgia follow our weekly states rollouts closely. 5...
by snowbored
on Thu Jun 06, 2024 at 09:08 AM PDT
with 34 Recommends
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