Yes, he says: he will vote in November. Will he tell me who he plans to vote for?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... Hi, I'm a volunteer for the Democratic Party; I'm looking for so-and-so
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... It's a small well-kept house in a modest neighborhood. The sign on the door says
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I ring the bell, step back off the porch so I'm not crowding the door, and begin my silent count:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... The best part of the walk was the end. I'd parked my car visibly
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... The two of them are in their yard, backs to the street, watching
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I have no idea where he's from. I don't recognize the accent at all. Worse,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... He pulls into the driveway as I'm ringing his doorbell, so I turn around
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... The yard is nicely maintained: the lawn is mowed, the shrubs roundly trimmed. On the porch steps,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... There's no shoulder, so I park in his driveway. I dislike doing this,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... A cloud of neighborhood children has its collective eye on me from the moment I park.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I'm standing awkwardly at the door, having just asked to speak with a dead man.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I ring the doorbell, and after a little while he comes to the door: in fact, he comes through
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I'm speaking with a man who wants to be sure I'll talk with his neighbor too. His neighbor
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... "She isn't here right now," the woman tells me. I offer to leave my literature and explain
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... She's opened the door and is waiting. And I'm fumbling badly.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... "Who is it?" asks someone from inside. That's not an uncommon reaction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... It's a lower middle class backwater. I've lived in this town for decades now, but I've never been
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I live in a red precinct in a blue town, and I walked some of my precinct
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... Near the end of my last Tuesday canvass, I frightened a woman
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... The ground game matters: it matters in elections and it matters when fighting on issues
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... I now want to say a few words to my dear friends, my fellow citizens, my sisters and brothers, here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... 
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