Comments on: How to Run a Great Door to Door Campaign http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign Your Guide to Winning Elections Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe Garecht http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3866 Joe Garecht Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:09:40 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3866 Chris, Thanks for your thoughts and your compliments. I agree that evenings work best (5-9 Mon-Thurs) plus weekends. In predominantly Christian neighborhoods, you may want to skip Sundays, or limit your campaigning to the afternoon, after people return from church. In primarily Jewish neighborhoods, you may want to skip Saturdays, or limit your campagining to the afternoon, after people return from synogogue. Joe Chris,

Thanks for your thoughts and your compliments. I agree that evenings work best (5-9 Mon-Thurs) plus weekends. In predominantly Christian neighborhoods, you may want to skip Sundays, or limit your campaigning to the afternoon, after people return from church. In primarily Jewish neighborhoods, you may want to skip Saturdays, or limit your campagining to the afternoon, after people return from synogogue.

Joe

]]> By: chris http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3864 chris Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:01:09 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3864 thanks for your thoughts, also i was wondering what your opinion on the time of day a candidate should go door to door. between 9-5 or during the work day , seems to be not as cost effective as 5-9 . I think maybe 5-9 monday to friday , 10-7 saturday and sunday. What do you guys think. Also i wanted to mention what a great resource this is for campaigns. Chris thanks for your thoughts, also i was wondering what your opinion on the time of day a candidate should go door to door. between 9-5 or during the work day , seems to be not as cost effective as 5-9 . I think maybe 5-9 monday to friday , 10-7 saturday and sunday. What do you guys think. Also i wanted to mention what a great resource this is for campaigns.
Chris

]]> By: Joe Garecht http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3824 Joe Garecht Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:47:42 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3824 Chris, Thanks for your thoughts. I agree that you should take local sentiment into account when deciding whether or not to go door to door. That being said, I do think that in 98% of all cases, going door to door is the right move. Joe Chris,

Thanks for your thoughts. I agree that you should take local sentiment into account when deciding whether or not to go door to door. That being said, I do think that in 98% of all cases, going door to door is the right move.

Joe

]]> By: chris http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3815 chris Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:37:49 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3815 In Canada, people are a little more reserved. what are your opinions on the argument that going door to door will turn people off rather than the opposite. Because first, it puts you in the same league as a door to door salesman, and second people might perceive that your invading peoples privacy. Let me know what you think. In Canada, people are a little more reserved. what are your opinions on the argument that going door to door will turn people off rather than the opposite. Because first, it puts you in the same league as a door to door salesman, and second people might perceive that your invading peoples privacy. Let me know what you think.

]]> By: Joe Garecht http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3726 Joe Garecht Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:17:55 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3726 Kim, Thanks for your thoughts. While I understand the sentiment, I have to respectfully disagree... Otherwise, a campaign would have to forgo not only leaving information when going door to door, but also have to refrain from lit drops. You could even argue, under this scenario, that a candidate shouldn't send direct mail, because if it piled up when someone wasn't home, the person might not vote for your candidate. People will find all kinds of reasons not to vote for you... I'll bet that in the race you mentioned, that one voter was the only one who felt that way, and not representative of the electorate as a whole. I can tell you, from working with hundreds of campaigns, that the method we identified above works best -- leave a handout with a note if someone isn't home... you'll get far more votes this way than you will lose because people are upset that you left something. Thanks again for your comments. Kim,

Thanks for your thoughts. While I understand the sentiment, I have to respectfully disagree… Otherwise, a campaign would have to forgo not only leaving information when going door to door, but also have to refrain from lit drops. You could even argue, under this scenario, that a candidate shouldn’t send direct mail, because if it piled up when someone wasn’t home, the person might not vote for your candidate.

People will find all kinds of reasons not to vote for you… I’ll bet that in the race you mentioned, that one voter was the only one who felt that way, and not representative of the electorate as a whole.

I can tell you, from working with hundreds of campaigns, that the method we identified above works best — leave a handout with a note if someone isn’t home… you’ll get far more votes this way than you will lose because people are upset that you left something.

Thanks again for your comments.

]]> By: Kim http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-3717 Kim Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:58:23 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-3717 If you knock on a door and do not get an answer, you should never leave "handout" information anywhere that can be seen from the street. If the resident is on vacation, this is a dead give away to thieves that the home is unoccupied. While out door knocking one lady told us she had intended to vote for our opponent until he left a door hanger on her door that let everyone know she was not home. We got her vote because of this. If you knock on a door and do not get an answer, you should never leave “handout” information anywhere that can be seen from the street. If the resident is on vacation, this is a dead give away to thieves that the home is unoccupied. While out door knocking one lady told us she had intended to vote for our opponent until he left a door hanger on her door that let everyone know she was not home. We got her vote because of this.

]]> By: Joe Garecht http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-2028 Joe Garecht Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:27:15 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-2028 Erik, Thanks for your comments. You're right, you should always check local laws before starting your campaign activities. You are also right that many municipalities limit some types of electioneering (particularly yard signs) to certain times of year. You should also know, however, that in many states, courts have been striking these laws down as unconstitutional for years... And laws limiting political speech are certainly of dubious constitutionality. Check with a competent election lawyer in your area before you make your decision on how to proceed... Joe Erik,

Thanks for your comments. You’re right, you should always check local laws before starting your campaign activities. You are also right that many municipalities limit some types of electioneering (particularly yard signs) to certain times of year. You should also know, however, that in many states, courts have been striking these laws down as unconstitutional for years… And laws limiting political speech are certainly of dubious constitutionality. Check with a competent election lawyer in your area before you make your decision on how to proceed…

Joe

]]> By: Erik B. http://www.localvictory.com/grassroots/how-to-run-a-great-door-to-door-campaign.html/comment-page-1#comment-2016 Erik B. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:48 +0000 http://www.localvictory.com/?p=530#comment-2016 Be careful, though. There are some election laws, depending on your state, that may not allow you to do this until the year of the election (starting in January). There may be other laws about yard signs. In Ohio there cannot be yard signs up until 30 days before the election. No earlier. Read up on the laws before doing anything. Be careful, though. There are some election laws, depending on your state, that may not allow you to do this until the year of the election (starting in January).

There may be other laws about yard signs. In Ohio there cannot be yard signs up until 30 days before the election. No earlier. Read up on the laws before doing anything.

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