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In reply to the discussion: I had someone knock on my door yesterday afternoon [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)61. I have 2 phones.
The land line phone has the ringer turned off, and is set to go straight to the answering machine. I check it once a week.
My cell phone # is given to those I want to receive calls from.
The only people who will be knocking will be neighbors, friends or family who know I'm home; they don't wait for an invitation.
The rest will stop at the gate to avoid being harassed by the dog, who will, in typical aussie fashion, herd them back from the house if they enter the yard, while wagging, wiggling, and offering herself up for any attention and affection they might want to bestow.
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I would just add that some people get lists with independants and swayable Republicans and
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#68
Not everyone spends all day on DU, and are not necessarily high-information voters.
AAO
Oct 2012
#19
it's not so much to change minds as to get out the vote and give the final nudge
yurbud
Oct 2012
#25
Well, given Oregon's Castle Doctrine, I'd be nervous to do the door-to-door campaigning
classof56
Oct 2012
#32
Undecideds are the people who are too frantically busy surviving to pay attention--
eridani
Oct 2012
#45
In the interest of not being insulting . . . it's "Jehovah's Witnesses", not "Jehovahs"
ET Awful
Oct 2012
#31
We had a similar visitor last night -- about 6:30 p.m. -- already getting a little dark.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#29