SOCIAL: Lovin' the politics!

[Manish Champsee]

Hi,

I just wanted to report that the Obama campaign has an office on Market St.
and 5th not too far from the Westfield.  They are phone-banking Nevada every
day until 8pm. Also, if you are interested in going to Nevada, the campaign
is organizing car pools and housing.. you can go here to sign up:

*http://ca.barackobama.com/CAdrivetoNV*<http://my.barackobama.com/page/m2/55c13729/506cbca6/70c6be97/1188aab6/1033737711/VEsF/>

Manish

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Eric Arons <ericarons at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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<http://www.gwu.edu/%7Epad/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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