The same people who are complaining about GOTV effortsare the ones who can't believe Trump got elected.

Trump got elected because way too many Democrats didn't bother to vote.

Vote. And I'm not a Virginian, but I do believe what happens in any state election affects the rest of the country.

I'm having to support underground railroads helping Texas women exercise their RIGHT to reproductive health care and my state is still under a mandatory mask requirement because so many visitors from Texas refuse to get vaccinated.

If you don't think what happens in Virginia affects your neighbors and the rest of the country, you're not thinking.

Anonymous wrote:You people are exhausting, if you are even real.

+1. Can’t wait until the election is over and Youngkin loses so they’ll shut up, although then they’ll probably just start claiming the election was stolen.

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Anonymous wrote:I volunteered to write these postcards during the presidential election. It felt like I could do something, when I otherwise felt hopeless. Throw it away if it bothers you, move on.

So the thing is, getting these cards from out of state feels intrusive. I totally get that the people sending them feel like they’ve “done something”, but I really do doubt if they’ve done what you hope they will do. I remember back in 2016 when dh was at a grad program in MA. He had classmates who were heavily-accented non-citizens canvassing NH for Hilary. I get that they felt like they were doing something, but I really think their efforts were misguided. Sometimes it matters what you do, not just that you’ve done “something”.

First, you are wrong on whether these postcards work. Second, you sound so racist. Heavily accented people can’t care about elections in countries in which they are living? Really?

Do you really want to be schooled by a non-citizen on how you should vote in an election? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:I volunteered to write these postcards during the presidential election. It felt like I could do something, when I otherwise felt hopeless. Throw it away if it bothers you, move on.

So the thing is, getting these cards from out of state feels intrusive. I totally get that the people sending them feel like they’ve “done something”, but I really do doubt if they’ve done what you hope they will do. I remember back in 2016 when dh was at a grad program in MA. He had classmates who were heavily-accented non-citizens canvassing NH for Hilary. I get that they felt like they were doing something, but I really think their efforts were misguided. Sometimes it matters what you do, not just that you’ve done “something”.

First, you are wrong on whether these postcards work. Second, you sound so racist. Heavily accented people can’t care about elections in countries in which they are living? Really?

Ok OP. You sound snowflakey.

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Anonymous wrote:Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

I’m a registered Democrat. I got two postcards. My dh is a Republican. He didn’t get any. In NoVA I think it’s pretty safe to assume any “get out the vote” effort is hoping to break for democrats.

So, Republicans aren't interested in getting out the vote?

Votingmatters.org isn’t interested in getting Republicans out to vote. Their stated goal is to get Democrats to the polls. Both postcards referenced their website. https://www.turnoutpac.org/progressive-turnout-project-launches-votingmatters-org/

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Anonymous wrote:Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

I’m a registered Democrat. I got two postcards. My dh is a Republican. He didn’t get any. In NoVA I think it’s pretty safe to assume any “get out the vote” effort is hoping to break for democrats.

So, Republicans aren't interested in getting out the vote?

Yeah, that’s been pretty clear for a while now. They even say it out loud sometimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

I’m a registered Democrat. I got two postcards. My dh is a Republican. He didn’t get any. In NoVA I think it’s pretty safe to assume any “get out the vote” effort is hoping to break for democrats.

So, Republicans aren't interested in getting out the vote?

Anonymous wrote:I volunteered to write these postcards during the presidential election. It felt like I could do something, when I otherwise felt hopeless. Throw it away if it bothers you, move on.

So the thing is, getting these cards from out of state feels intrusive. I totally get that the people sending them feel like they’ve “done something”, but I really do doubt if they’ve done what you hope they will do. I remember back in 2016 when dh was at a grad program in MA. He had classmates who were heavily-accented non-citizens canvassing NH for Hilary. I get that they felt like they were doing something, but I really think their efforts were misguided. Sometimes it matters what you do, not just that you’ve done “something”.

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Anonymous wrote:You people are exhausting, if you are even real.

Seriously. Postcards to voters work. It’s good to remind everyone to vote.

Do they though? I’m questioning that.

“Right after the election, the results of the first quantitative study to look at the effectiveness of handwritten postcards came in. The Women’s Effect Action Fund commissioned a study to see if personal postcards could be used to mobilize women to get out and vote for a family-friendly economy agenda (issues like paid family leave). Postcards4VA writers served as the force behind the 26,000 postcards in this study, and results showed that the postcards increased turnout by 0.4 percent (a typical get-out-the-vote, or GOTV, canvass increases turnout by 0.3 percent) and concluded that the postcards had as good or better effect on voter turnout than going door to door. This was just one early study but it was a start.”

“Scott Forman, a tech guy from California who had been part of a company that used letters to persuade consumers to reduce energy use, decided to apply the same approach to voter turnout. Forman ran a small random trial study in the 2017 Alabama Senate race and found that voters who received his letter had a turnout rate 3 points higher than those in his control group. These findings inspired him to form the nonprofit Vote Forward to expand the use of letter writing for campaigns and the organization made research integral to everything they did through the Vote Forward labs program.”

https://demcastusa.com/2021/05/12/yes-postcards-to-voters-do-boost-interest-and-turnout/
https://medium.com/@lisaguide_14923/the-mighty-pen-prevails-d6030feaf018

“We sent GOTV postcards to voters in North Carolina and Texas to see if receiving a postcard at all might boost turnout, and to see if turnout was different for people who received a postcard sent from in-state as opposed to a postcard sent from out of state. The results indicate that GOTV postcards did increase turnout, and that receiving a postcard sent from in-state increased turnout to a larger degree than receiving a postcard sent from out of state (though the difference was not statistically significant). Further, this study’s results indicate that postcarding may be particularly useful in quieter electoral environments, like primary elections.”
https://sisterdistrict.com/postcard-postmark-location/

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Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Why? He didn't send the postcards, and he didn't organize the postcard-writing campaign.

This is a very important point. If you assume that efforts to get people to vote must be associated with only one side, maybe you should ask yourself what that says about the other side. Or your own biases.

Anonymous wrote:Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

I’m a registered Democrat. I got two postcards. My dh is a Republican. He didn’t get any. In NoVA I think it’s pretty safe to assume any “get out the vote” effort is hoping to break for democrats.

Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Why? He didn't send the postcards, and he didn't organize the postcard-writing campaign.

Either you're a troll or you're one of *those* voters put off by frivolous detail.