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In reply to the discussion: How do you react when I knock your door after dark with election materials in hand? [View all]struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)When I've sent out other volunteers in past campaigns, I've sent them out in pairs, unless they really know what they're doing and voluntarily went alone: pairing's a good practice, and for some areas or some volunteers it can be important
Whether canvassing after dark alienates more people than it motivates really depends on the list being used, of course: for many of the lists I've used, your claim simply isn't true -- though the possibility always merits careful consideration
In some past years, I've had people absolutely delighted to see me an hour and a half after sunset. Currently, I'm knocking off in the dusk
The folk for whom I'm volunteering have good campaign backgrounds, and some I first worked with years ago. For these lists, we want the actual personal contact (not just the lit under the doormat) when we can get it