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Post by AmyG on Sept 19, 2020 11:53:55 GMT -6
I have 1 trump flag in my neighborhood. No trump signs otherwise out in the wild, not eveb the little rich town that ususlly have tons.
There was a t/p campaign truck thingy at the gas station across from the community college yesterday. About a dozen white old men and a few younger white women. The community college is doing virtual classes so their location choice was stupid.
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Post by lion on Sept 19, 2020 12:06:30 GMT -6
Man I'm having a great shift . So many enthusiastic, motivated Joe voters. I start one in an hour. My efforts are all for our Congressional Rep, since even our Senate Candidate has said during his campaign that if we get her reelected, he knows he'll have the votes to make it, so to focus on her. It's technically a few spaces removed from straight up Biden support but I'm hoping people are more responsive today. And I got two friends to phonebank! It's a small start here but I'm clinging to every last strand of positive I can right now.
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Post by poptarts on Sept 19, 2020 13:50:59 GMT -6
Can I ask a question here? How does one go about phone banking or text banking? I want to do something. If this was asked somewhere else, I apologize. I don’t hang out on this board very often.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 13:51:57 GMT -6
Can I ask a question here? How does one go about phone banking or text banking? I want to do something. If this was asked somewhere else, I apologize. I don’t hang out on this board very often. Do you have a state in mind or do you want to volunteer for the Biden campaign in general?
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 13:53:33 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 13:56:25 GMT -6
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Post by cakewench on Sept 19, 2020 13:58:34 GMT -6
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elle
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Post by elle on Sept 19, 2020 14:01:37 GMT -6
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poptarts
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Post by poptarts on Sept 19, 2020 14:02:00 GMT -6
Can I ask a question here? How does one go about phone banking or text banking? I want to do something. If this was asked somewhere else, I apologize. I don’t hang out on this board very often. Do you have a state in mind or do you want to volunteer for the Biden campaign in general? I don’t really have a state in mind. I’m in a red area of a blue state (NY) so the general Biden campaign.
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elle
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Post by elle on Sept 19, 2020 14:03:25 GMT -6
So they're protesting the right to vote? Wtf.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 14:04:30 GMT -6
Do you have a state in mind or do you want to volunteer for the Biden campaign in general? I don’t really have a state in mind. I’m in a red area of a blue state (NY) so the general Biden campaign. If you're willing to make calls in swing states, that's probably the most bang for your time. I do calls in my state when we have Weekends of Action but otherwise I'm calling swing AZ, MI, TX, NC. I should call in Iowa too, I'm just burned out on Iowa from calling there during the primary.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 14:04:47 GMT -6
So they're protesting the right to vote? Wtf. It's voter intimidation and it's illegal
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elle
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Post by elle on Sept 19, 2020 14:09:52 GMT -6
So they're protesting the right to vote? Wtf. It's voter intimidation and it's illegal It's just so insane. I'm sure they don't see it as intimidation, although some clearly do since they moved off once more security was brought in. 😒 Assholes.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Sept 19, 2020 14:22:35 GMT -6
So much for this motivating Republicans more than Democrats.
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elle
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Post by elle on Sept 19, 2020 14:37:13 GMT -6
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Sept 19, 2020 14:47:27 GMT -6
My lawn sign finally arrived.
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lion
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Post by lion on Sept 19, 2020 15:05:26 GMT -6
I just finished my very first ever positive phone bank experience. Now I get why it's so motivating! Holy crap! I still feel like I'll make more of a difference being one of the *cough* 3 entire people that participate in the entire county here, because that's the only way to GOTV right now here with COVID restrictions. But man when I need a boost I'm definitely going to jump on another bluer district, and then come back to this one to keep increasing turnout. I've never come away from a session here feeling more motivated than when I started before, it feels really damn good!
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Post by sctiger on Sept 19, 2020 15:34:08 GMT -6
I'm going to sign up to help Florida this weekend! I've read that a lot of older voters there are mad about Trump's response to COVID so we could have some momentum there. I want to help Jaime Harrison too. I'm ready to get to work!
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Post by hangry on Sept 19, 2020 15:46:05 GMT -6
yea, I’m not holding my breath on this one. (Hi elle!)
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elle
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Post by elle on Sept 19, 2020 16:19:42 GMT -6
Hi hangry, so good to see you!
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 16:57:23 GMT -6
I just finished my very first ever positive phone bank experience. Now I get why it's so motivating! Holy crap! I still feel like I'll make more of a difference being one of the *cough* 3 entire people that participate in the entire county here, because that's the only way to GOTV right now here with COVID restrictions. But man when I need a boost I'm definitely going to jump on another bluer district, and then come back to this one to keep increasing turnout. I've never come away from a session here feeling more motivated than when I started before, it feels really damn good! Yay yay yay yay!!!!!
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 16:58:26 GMT -6
I just finished my very first ever positive phone bank experience. Now I get why it's so motivating! Holy crap! I still feel like I'll make more of a difference being one of the *cough* 3 entire people that participate in the entire county here, because that's the only way to GOTV right now here with COVID restrictions. But man when I need a boost I'm definitely going to jump on another bluer district, and then come back to this one to keep increasing turnout. I've never come away from a session here feeling more motivated than when I started before, it feels really damn good! Also in about a month we will be moving from persuasion to GOTV so you're likely at that point to only be calling people who have said they'll vote for Joe. GOTV is way easier.
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Post by RajahMD on Sept 19, 2020 17:35:09 GMT -6
I helped with the Weekend of Action today. I was primarily helping my field coordinator keep track of who was participating. Then I called people who are known Democrats, looking for volunteers. I managed to recruit 3 volunteers for phone banking! I feel so accomplished.
Considering my autism can make speaking on the phone difficult, I'm really glad I stepped outside of my comfort zone. After today, it felt worthwhile instead of frustrating (like my previous 2 times).
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Post by richard on Sept 19, 2020 17:36:20 GMT -6
🎵Take my money 🎵
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 17:58:14 GMT -6
Great thread
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Post by dc2london on Sept 19, 2020 17:59:11 GMT -6
I helped with the Weekend of Action today. I was primarily helping my field coordinator keep track of who was participating. Then I called people who are known Democrats, looking for volunteers. I managed to recruit 3 volunteers for phone banking! I feel so accomplished. Considering my autism can make speaking on the phone difficult, I'm really glad I stepped outside of my comfort zone. After today, it felt worthwhile instead of frustrating (like my previous 2 times). AWESOME!!!!
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Post by byjove on Sept 19, 2020 18:50:39 GMT -6
Minerva I’ll keep an extra close eye out for mine. It was very obviously not junk mail, right?
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Post by jaygee on Sept 19, 2020 20:36:12 GMT -6
For the phone banks do they do the training at the beginning of the event? I didn’t see any info on their phone banking system before signing up?
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Post by goldenlove on Sept 19, 2020 20:39:54 GMT -6
This gave me a much needed laugh
Also, him saying out loud that we'll never see him again totally means he's planning on leaving the country when he loses, right?
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Post by athn64 on Sept 19, 2020 21:23:18 GMT -6
H said he wants to put up a sign that says "Don't vote for criminals" and I told him I would support that.
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