A message from PA relatives: Stop sending your political canvassers from Maryland

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Anonymous wrote:I understand this to an extent but it’s also sad to me.

We’re all Americans and fellow humans. Can’t we talk to each other?

Um… what would the reaction of DCUM’s finest be if people came knocking on their doors, telling them to vote for Trump? And before anyone lies about that happening - it’s not.

Door to door canvassing is as old as democracy. You people are nuts.

In this day and age of internet and iPhones - or even basic broadcast tv - it is beyond presumptuous to think anyone needs you lecturing them about who to vote for. Democrats are such busybodies.

Nothing beats a face-to-face conversation. If you don’t like it, don’t open your door.

You seem really afraid of Democrats HUGE army of volunteers Willing to put in the hard work, it takes to win an election.

Exactly, this is a functional campaign. They aren't getting door knocks from republicans, because Trump is funneling donations into his own pockets.

Harris is a competent enough candidate going against our worst major party nominee ever. We don't need idiots soliciting door to door annoying people in order to beat Trump. Canvassing is an absolute joke carried out by morons that no one likes.

Clearly you have never worked on a campaign. In Ohio in ‘08, we hit our targets by 9 AM, then we decamped to neighborhoods with large number of registered Dems, but with more spotty voting records. Had some really interesting conversations with white working class folks - registered Dems - who were intrigued by Obama, but had never voted for a person of color. They wanted to work through it with a white person. Got some of those votes.

We won each one of your precincts, the city, and the state.

"They wanted to work through it with a white person"??? Yea, umkkkkaay. You aren't worthy of shining Obama's shoes.

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One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

Or other people's boundaries, preferences, and opinions.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

I told her it’s an easy fix, to just put up a ‘No Solicitation’ sign.

Her door knockers (one even knocked on her windows) are Republican, BTW.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

I told her it’s an easy fix, to just put up a ‘No Solicitation’ sign.

Her door knockers (one even knocked on her windows) are Republican, BTW.

Inconsiderate folks canvassing for both parties. It's 2024. Quit knocking on doors. Even the Girl Scouts figured it out.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

Or other people's boundaries, preferences, and opinions.

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Anonymous wrote:My spouse and I live in Maryland and took our two kids to canvas in Pennsylvania last weekend. No one asked about local politics -you basically knock on the door, confirm the resident has sufficient information/has registered to vote and offer to answer any questions. No one had questions. The engagements last maybe 2 minutes tops. We must have done 300 apartments/houses and no one asked where we were from and we don’t have the word Maryland tattooed on our forehead. Two people even offered my kids candy.

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Was pretty much everyone already registered—and already knew when and where to vote?

The reason I ask is that my org does a big push on educating people about such things and I’m stumped as to why…because I’ve never actually met someone IRL who isn’t registered and is incapable of understanding when and where to vote.

So if most of the people you spoke with in PA said they were all set, can you imagine how they might feel having a strange family on their doorstep assume they are clueless and need help?

Signed,

DEM

Everyone’s experiences are different but my husband and kid said they gave three young people brochures on how to register and my husband felt good about that. Also we didn’t show up as a family of four on people’s doorsteps -we split one parent and one kid and canvassed opposite sides of the street. No one seemed to think we were clueless or needed help. We didn’t look scared or destitute. We had Dem brochures and campaign buttons given to us by York headquarters prominently displayed so it wasn’t a secret as to why we were knocking.

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I meant that the folks answering doors in PA might have felt insulted by the Marylanders standing on their doorstep offering their super smart Maryland Dem help to the clueless PA people who they assumed might have questions on when and where to vote.

And re: the other poster with the mom in VA who found voting hard - maybe it’s a generation thing, because all the info is online. There are websites telling you how to register, where to vote, etc.

If a person can’t figure such things out, that’s troubling.

Fwiw, I don’t think the majority of voters are clueless and need help…particularly homeowners. So I’m curious what kind of people actually said they weren’t registered and needed help.

Do you think canvassers are knocking on people's doors and saying they're from out of state? People don't have the letter M tattooed on their forehead. I'm a Marylander and have volunteer canvassed in Virginia and Pennsylvania in the past, and no one ever asks, and i don't tell. The people who said they weren't registered and asked how to do so were predominantly younger people who weren't on our target list who happened to answer the door. All sorts of people answer the doors-not just homeowners.

And sometimes they don’t mind at all. Jane Fonda is canvassing in Michigan and was greeted with a hug. Fonda is known to be from California.

She’s a celebrity. Even a maga Republican would be thrilled to find a celebrity on their doorstep.

Not among people who do not like traitors.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

So what happens when she gets a delivery from Amazon, UPS, FedEx, or USPS?

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

So what happens when she gets a delivery from Amazon, UPS, FedEx, or USPS?

An ordered pckg delivery is not the same as an unwelcome stranger coming to your door.

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Once again, campaigns have data to demonstrate the effectiveness of canvassing. Anecdotes from anonymous strangers online about what their friends in swing states supposedly think are worthless in comparison.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my PA acquaintances recently posted about annoying canvassers. Her beef is legit though; she works from home and has dogs, so door knocks can interfere with her job.

Guess what? These DCUM door knockers don't care. It's all about what they think is important. Only their own message counts. They have zero regard for other people's lives and schedules..

The drama! People interrupt people every day with calls, texts, spam, junkmail, etc. Put a "no soliciting" sign on your door and call it a day.

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Anonymous wrote:I have relatives in PA that are registered Independent, voted for Biden in 2020. They planned on sitting this one out (massively disapprove of Biden) but now are leaning Trump. They said that three separate canvassing groups have knocked on their door and all were obviously coming from Maryland. They knew nothing of local or Pennsylvania commonwealth politics and were really annoyed with people from Maryland telling them how to vote.
If you want left progressive policies and crime and immigration, then stay in Baltimore/PG/Silver Spring echo chamber, you don't need to export your far-left nonsense. York County PA can think for itself.

Canvassers need to be more local. I 100% agree. It isn’t illegal, but I want people who understand what is happening in my vicinity. Most of all, I want candidates who understand. People from elsewhere are voting for a candidate for perhaps different reasons that may result in candidates overlooking what people in my community need/want.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand this to an extent but it’s also sad to me.

We’re all Americans and fellow humans. Can’t we talk to each other?

Um… what would the reaction of DCUM’s finest be if people came knocking on their doors, telling them to vote for Trump? And before anyone lies about that happening - it’s not.

Door to door canvassing is as old as democracy. You people are nuts.

In this day and age of internet and iPhones - or even basic broadcast tv - it is beyond presumptuous to think anyone needs you lecturing them about who to vote for. Democrats are such busybodies.

Nothing beats a face-to-face conversation. If you don’t like it, don’t open your door.

You seem really afraid of Democrats HUGE army of volunteers Willing to put in the hard work, it takes to win an election.

Exactly, this is a functional campaign. They aren't getting door knocks from republicans, because Trump is funneling donations into his own pockets.

Harris is a competent enough candidate going against our worst major party nominee ever. We don't need idiots soliciting door to door annoying people in order to beat Trump. Canvassing is an absolute joke carried out by morons that no one likes.

You might be surprised. Some people are clueless about the correct day for election day, about how to vote early, about how to request a ballot if they can't go to polls, about the other races on the ballot. If someone is not interested, they don't answer the door or they say they are not interested.

What a condescending attitude to think others are clueless, but you will help them.

DP.

We had a local festival about a month ago. Both the local Democratic and Republican parties had tents (and several of the local state politicans were there greeting folks). There were plenty of people who stopped or were stopped as they walked by who did not know when the last day to register was, when the last day to request mail-in ballots were, where early voting centers were and when it started, who the down-ballot candidates were, where to find their local election sites (this often from people who had moved since the last time they voted) were.

If the canvassers are polite and not pushing their candidate beyond an intro question, then why is this so offensive to you? Anyone who doesn't want the information can either not answer the door, or can answer and give the same response I give to the Jehovahs, "No thank you." and close the door. Those who have questions, can ask without having to hunt for the information.

The Trumpsters are really, really triggered by this for some reason.

First of all, I'm not a "Trumpster." I think tents are great, and people can request voting info. Has it not occurred to you that people could be ill, could be elderly and have difficulry getting to the door, could be recovering from surgery, could have a sleeping baby, could be resting after a night work shift, might just not want the interruption of a doorbell or knock? Why should they be disturbed by a stranger who feels the need to share political info from any political party?

I remember books like Windows for Dummies, but maybe there's a Doors version? Because these all sound like basic competency, not campaign related.

PP here. It's not about competency. It's about courtesy for people you don't know and not disturbing them. Clearly, you think it's fine to intrude and disturb strangers. ³

DP but what happened to mind your own business? The MAGAs stopped doing that a long time ago with all of their restrictive abortion laws, the dog whistling of legal Haitian immigrants, the scapegoating and outright attempts to criminalize LGBTQ rights. A friendly knock on the door from a stranger who is trying to engage folks on a consequential election is hardly an equivalent burden.

I didn't say it was equivalent; I'm saying that it is an unwelcome disturbance for many people, due to the reasons I stated. I'll add that I live in a big city. Strangers.are not welcome at doors in my neighborhood. Too hard to distinguish a friendly knock from a potential threat. We text and warn each other. We also know when/where to vote and how to use the voting machines to make selections.

Then hang a do not disturb sign. I’ve done tons of GOTV. Folks who truly do not want to be disturbed do that. Folks who want to whine do not.

There's always that kind of person who thinks OTHERS should put up with their unwanted door to door and/or phone call solicitations. There's a Jerry Seinfeld clip made for people like you.

I love that clip! Classic.

+1 LOL yes!! My other favorite is when he's trying to rent a car, but it's no longer available!

Oddly, my DH just sent me this the other day. You’re welcome.

https://youtu.be/4T2GmGSNvaM

[Anonymous]

Apparently, Marylanders have not gotten the message yet.