I’d love to run a poll and ask how many people have actually worked on a political campaign. Not posted about it but actually worked.
But I’m not sure people would answer it honestly.
Anyway, this is my regular reminder to do more than post- please sign up to volunteer, get involved and listen to people out in the real world, encourage people to vote and tell them why you do, volunteer to be a poll worker, help people register and get to the polls.
We all have to do some real work here.
I worked on the Nader 2000 campaign, for 7 days.
I worked for Nader before and after, but the campaign itself for 7 days
@serge Cool. Didn’t vote for him but hey it counts.
I’m trying to add mine up but it’s 6 in the last year so I have a ways to go.
@TonyStark Shontel Brown 2x
Sherrod Brown
Biden
Harris
Lots of local offices
Ballot measures
A lot.
@tweetsjen It all counts and thank you for doing it. Texting is definitely a great start.
My daughter’s friend’s older brother (that’s awkward but accurate) tried one with my local Dems in our primaries and really liked it as a first volunteer opportunity. Thanks!
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I did door knocking for the Warren campaign in LV which was a very eye-opening experience. It was women mostly who answered, and when I asked if they had decided who they were voting for, ~70% told me something akin to, "I'm not sure. My husband hasn't told me yet"
I did poll observer work in 2020 and 2022 and monitored the absentee vote counting in 2020 (where I learned how people in WitSec vote). I did poll observing in the primaries this year and will do so again in the general
@kims Sorry about the answers there, though.
I just got a work, I don’t want to say colleague, but someone I deal with for work, to at least consider Harris. She’s very into women as leaders but has a Trumpy husband. She’s not happy with Vance and she watched clips from the NABJ snd made some comments to me. She’s also concerned about abortion rights. I know- where has she been but I start slow with them and sometimes they come along.
@kims Wow. That husband observation is just 🤯 I mean, it's also a great example of the value of getting out of our bubbles and into the real world. Tells me what we're up against. Not that I didn't know this on some level already. But 70%? Ugh. Scary how the world actually works. I see why people prefer just fighting with strangers online.
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Love this.
Long ago, I did a lot of research via a Criss-Cross directory.
It would no longer be useful these days, as most people would not answer the phone because they would suspect a spam call coming in.
@mizblueprint It actually is fun.
Thanks for doing all of that and sharing it. My first campaign was for a local representative in the 80s. First Presidential campaign was for Bill Clinton. I’ve done 30, 35 years worth of local, state and federal since, sometimes 6 to 8 at a time. More if you add school board. This year it’s Harris, state auditor, a treasurer, my state level representative, my U.S. House rep, and my U.S. Senator.
I’m also an elected committee member on my local Dems. 😅
@TonyStark Aw thanks! I don't know about fantastic, but some days I'm pretty good. The League has made it super easy to get folks registered, I use a website I've mentioned in your threads before: https://www.vote411.org
It's also a good site for finding out what you can do locally, where the help is needed.
@TonyStark Volunteered for Whitmer, Nessel, Obama twice (that was my first go at doing it) and every state level one I could for 16 years. Harris now. I talk to who I can. I get people to polls in my family and my neighborhood.
You gotta do the real world stuff.
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