First we had to stuff small plastic sleeves. Approximately 15 people put three separate pieces of material in 5000 sleeves–a slate card for Shapiro, Fetterman, Susan Wild, and Richard Kost along with a stand-alone flyer for Susan Wild and a small insert on the Carbon County Democratic Party.
We then obtained lists of Democrats in Carbon County boroughs. Next we went out hanging the plastic bags on people’s door knobs. The “we” in that includes an operative from California who flew here to help out. Just today we completed Nesquehoning and Summit Hill; we also covered most of Palmerton and Upper Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow we will blitz Weissport.
The other towns are covered by teams who canvass. Canvassing involves actually talking to people. It is more effective, but it also takes longer and covers fewer voters, since many residents are not home or refuse to answer their doorbells.
Incidentally, remember when you were a kid and flipped a coin and said, “Heads I win, tails you lose.” That seems to have become the mantra of the Republican candidates. If they get the most votes, Democrats lost. If Democrats come out on top, somehow the Democrats cheated and Republicans have won anyway.
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