SOCIAL: Lovin' the politics!

[Eric Arons]

Ok, I found this so far:
http://www.irvine.org/publications/iq/archive/vol7_issue2/cp.shtml

And this:
http://research.yale.edu/GOTV/?q=node/10
"While it is apparent that methods other than door-to-door canvassing, such
as volunteer and professional phone calls, may approach the level of
effectiveness and cost-competitiveness of door-to-door canvassing, many
results suggest that it is the dynamic interaction of authentic
person-to-person contact that is most important in determining whether a
method will successfully mobilize voters."

And more:
http://www.gwu.edu/~pad/202/readings/votephone.html

And more:
http://www.rollcall.com/features/Guide-to-Congress_2004/guide04/6702-1.html

Not certain what it means yet.  Sounds like it can be effective, but
limited.  So maybe since it's so easy to do, it's worth it.  Might be that
phone calls are most effective for GOTV efforts as opposed to persuasion.
So initial calls for voted ID and then later calls during absentee times and
on the day of election might be pretty useful?

And of course, some might find this method interesting:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5883.html

**If anyone finds anything else, lemme know.  Gotta go back to work now!





On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Manish Champsee <mchampsee at gmail.com>wrote:

> FWIW, phone banking is my preferred activity in a political campaign.  You
> can have a bunch of talking points printed out in front of you for various
> questions that you couldn't really do face-to-face.  You are also in a room
> with a number of other phone-bankers who you can count on for moral
> support.  Making phone calls is pretty quick as compared to going
> door-to-door and can switch instantly to different parts of the
> city/state/country.
>
> Manish
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Eric Arons <ericarons at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so political season is heating up on Social!
>>
>> A question for all those out there.  I'm struggling with finding as much
>> time as I'd like to travel to help Obama.  Phone banking is a simple way to
>> contribute from the comfort of your own home, but I have a gut feeling that
>> phone banking is not only ineffective, but in fact might be
>> counterproductive (not to mention often miserable).  Are there any politicos
>> out there who can send me some statistics/evidence/scientific data/tea
>> leaves that will convince me otherwise so I can get motivated to try that
>> route?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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