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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone in my large circle is voting for the democratic nominee. There’s no good reason to vote for a convicted felon. [/quote]

I'm definitely voting for whoever the Democratic nominee is, but I feel the need to do more.[/quote]
Speak to the trumpers in your life. Some of them are reachable.

(She says, ruefully, knowing her father abstained from voting for Trump in 2020 but might not again)[/quote]

This.

And if not Trumpets in your life, watch Fox. Understand where his support comes from.

Then volunteer to make phone calls or go door knock in swing states.

Plus do NOT donate to any political candidate unless you are independently wealthy or you truly believe in an underfunded candidate.  Money to someone like Biden may be $$ down the drain.  [/quote]

I love it when strangers call, or knock on my door, and proceed to tell me what I should think and do   :lol: [/quote]
As someone who makes these calls DAILY I can say you have it wrong. First, sometimes we’re calling strong partisans to get them involved, sometimes we’re calling folks who don’t vote often so our calls are more about listening to them, sometimes we’re educating voters of the choices or the candidate’s agenda/track record. Most people are checked out. Many people like to give their opinions! We listen, they feel heard. These one to one conversations are impactful and much better than what we are doing now — writing on an anonymous message board.

Next month, I’ll start knocking doors. Let me give you an example of what happened last year (Virginia). I knocked on the door of a man who was not going to vote at all. He was disillusioned with the whole process his wife had just been diagnosed with stage four cancer. I stood there and listen to him with real empathy the struggles he was going through then he talked about how he was a Vet and issues he had with the VA. The candidate I was knocking for, was a Vet. The potential voter did not know that.  I sat and listened to him, I empathize And I gave him information that he did not know. He said he would vote for my candidate.

This is why we do the work. It’s not sexy. It’s not quick. And it’s so, so rewarding to do this work and connect with fellow Americans. [/quote]

I also just started doing some of this type of work and it can be rewarding.   People are surprisingly polite and some are so uninformed even as to the date of the election and different ways they can vote .[/quote]
PP here. Thank you and yes, people IRL are much kinder. Anyone who wants to keep Trump out of WH just pick an organization to volunteer with and try it[/quote]

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