Ransom Rideout, I wrote that one down. Because the other day, the "Bastards" tried. I volunteered to do "text banking" for the Michigan Democratic party. The polls have been good for Biden in Michigan, however you would never know from my sample. The text was trying to determine if they were going to vote absentee. It appeared many of the names on my list were from the area. I recognized many of the names. Well, between a third to half were "stop", not surprising. However, a majority of remaining responses were f--k you, f--k off, and Trump 2020. Well, that took the wind out of my sails😢. Now my community is rather conservative, so I am trying not to let the Bastards grind me down. Maybe responses from the rest of the state reflects the polling. The minority of positive responses also gave me a glimmer of hope along with a "buck up" from a friend who is a veteran phone and text banker. She said responses like that are not uncommon in the beginning. Now, I was getting close to the grinder last night when I talked to a member of the Michigan Democratic party. He called to confirm I planned to text bank Tuesday night. I said I was, however I expressed my concern that my responses from the other night did not reflect the polls. He said we needed to find that one Democratic voter. My thought was we need to find a lot of Democratic voters. That said I am glad Biden is coming to Michigan this week 😊
Sharon, I did over 900 texts in that campaign in the last few days. Only got one F..k you, a number of Trump 2020, but not that many. Keep volunteering and thank you.
I have been writing get out the vote letters through votefwd.org. Dependent on the letters arriving during the right time window, which will be tricky this year, they expect these letters to make a 3% difference. That means that the 360 letters my 96 yr old mom and I have taken on so far, investing lots of time and over $150 postage, would get another 11 people to vote. Doesn't look like much. But if you look at the 5.36 million letters being written so far by all the people involved, that is potentially 160,800 additional votes in swing states - more than enough to have changed the result in 2016. Keep going. Judy Small sang it very well years ago, we need every voice in the crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nvbYlmdYS0
Don't let the Bastards Grind You Down! My watch word...
Ransom Rideout, I wrote that one down. Because the other day, the "Bastards" tried. I volunteered to do "text banking" for the Michigan Democratic party. The polls have been good for Biden in Michigan, however you would never know from my sample. The text was trying to determine if they were going to vote absentee. It appeared many of the names on my list were from the area. I recognized many of the names. Well, between a third to half were "stop", not surprising. However, a majority of remaining responses were f--k you, f--k off, and Trump 2020. Well, that took the wind out of my sails😢. Now my community is rather conservative, so I am trying not to let the Bastards grind me down. Maybe responses from the rest of the state reflects the polling. The minority of positive responses also gave me a glimmer of hope along with a "buck up" from a friend who is a veteran phone and text banker. She said responses like that are not uncommon in the beginning. Now, I was getting close to the grinder last night when I talked to a member of the Michigan Democratic party. He called to confirm I planned to text bank Tuesday night. I said I was, however I expressed my concern that my responses from the other night did not reflect the polls. He said we needed to find that one Democratic voter. My thought was we need to find a lot of Democratic voters. That said I am glad Biden is coming to Michigan this week 😊
Sharon, I did over 900 texts in that campaign in the last few days. Only got one F..k you, a number of Trump 2020, but not that many. Keep volunteering and thank you.
Carole, Today was another bad day, but I don't care the a$$hole has to go
Sharon, I am sending you positive energy and warm support.
Carole, thanks so much it is appreciated ❤️ I am text banking later today. Let the games begin
I have been writing get out the vote letters through votefwd.org. Dependent on the letters arriving during the right time window, which will be tricky this year, they expect these letters to make a 3% difference. That means that the 360 letters my 96 yr old mom and I have taken on so far, investing lots of time and over $150 postage, would get another 11 people to vote. Doesn't look like much. But if you look at the 5.36 million letters being written so far by all the people involved, that is potentially 160,800 additional votes in swing states - more than enough to have changed the result in 2016. Keep going. Judy Small sang it very well years ago, we need every voice in the crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nvbYlmdYS0
Good for you and your mom
Mine, too.