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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTonight, I convinced an undecided voter to vote for Biden!
I've been making phone calls for the Biden campaign and coordinated Democratic Party campaign for months now. I'll have a number of calls in which I helped people figure out how and where to vote. A couple of young voters thought they could vote online, and I've explained how and where they actually do vote. But tonight I talked to an undecided voter whose mind I successfully changed! He is a recent immigrant. I asked him what he cared most about, and he said jobs. I told him some of Biden's policies to promote job growth and a living wage. We talked about COVID, and then I talked about how important it is to me that Biden be elected: I've been making calls for months, not because I like it, but because it's really important to me that Joe Biden be elected president. He said that my passion convinced him and he would be voting for Biden. Now that made my night, and all the other days and nights I've spent calling.
GOTV makes a difference!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty!
Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Nice work!!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)42bambi
(1,753 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)StaunchDemocrat1957
(66 posts)We need people like you! Job well done!
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Im phone banking for my senatorial candidate too! 🇺🇸🗳🇺🇸
BraKez2
(279 posts)bdamomma
(63,928 posts)a true patriot.
Thank you! And thanks to everyone for their kind words.
onecaliberal
(32,916 posts)MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Keep it up. That just might be the vote that saves us.
MLAA
(17,338 posts)Nitram
(22,900 posts)speak to them next.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)They can't make a decision on this and probably many other things in their lives.
It's not important enough to them. They don't see the connection between the vote and the potential outcome in their lives.
There is a smaller group of "undecideds" who just enjoy getting the constant attention from their friends. They stay undecided on purpose.
BComplex
(8,069 posts)You're right on both counts.
jrthin
(4,837 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,906 posts)It's genuinely scary that some voters could think they could vote online.
Clearly the basics of voting are simply not taught in school.
iluvtennis
(19,880 posts)VicNEO
(32 posts)Staunch R. Not a fan of 45. She told me Friday both she and her husband voted B/K. First ever D vote for Pres for both of them. I know shes voted D for judges before, cause shes asked my atty spouse for input.
Said she held her nose to vote this year- but had to be done.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,051 posts)cest magnifique! Formidable mon brave ou mon belle! Le jour de gloire et arrivé!
Karadeniz
(22,583 posts)drray23
(7,638 posts)A couple of young voters thought they could vote online, and I've explained how and where they actually do vote
Its a good thing you were able to help them. Sometimes I wonder how some people even get out of bed.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)New voters don't always know how the process works. They can request an absentee ballot online. Voting, however, is another story.
They should teach them all about it in high school. If its important, that is not so much to ask. Good grief!
drray23
(7,638 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)HermitageHermit
(42 posts)If you are going to vote your shares as a stockholder in a proxy battle, that's done online
I was under the impression that some west coast jurisdictions had online voting already, no? I know here in PA we don't have it.
It isn't really outrageous that people would think that was the protocol.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Just want to point this out.
A few states have been experimenting with overseas and military types for online, email or fax voting for absentees, but it is rare and still not 100% vested as safe. 99.9% of voters must vote by mail or in person.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/23/why-us-cant-vote-online-in-2020-presidential-election-trump-biden.html
Turin_C3PO
(14,083 posts)So many things are done online nowadays that I can easily see a young voter wondering that. It doesn't mean they're stupid.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Only if he was naturalized. That means he lived in the US at lest 5 years generally.
drray23
(7,638 posts)ive been a us citizen for 20 years ( and lived here for 30, i was on a green card) and out in rural Virginia im still the french guy who is new around here. its pretty funny actually. when i meet somebody they ask
where are you from ( i still have a detectable french accent) and when we chat further and get to where i live, they are oh yeah its so and so farm ( which we bought from that guy who died 30 years ago..). I guess it takes at least a generation to be a local 😄
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Must be quite a story there.
Ive been to France 5 times. They seem to love their country. Which I do as well.
Although there is a fantastic bakery in Winter Garden Florida owned by a french couple. Never thought to ask how they ended up here.
Mary Mac
(323 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)recent immigrants can be citizens too.
I didn't interrogate him about how long he'd been in the country. He had a Vietnamese name and accent.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Just kind of stuck out there. I dont think that is a good adjective to use for someone here long enough to have been naturalized. Id not use that term. Maybe Id use of immigrant origen. Recent just has an air of just got off the boat.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)to me. But whatever. He had an accent and didn't have his mind made up about who to vote for. I have observed that some immigrants are not immersed in the cultural context of politics as many US-born Americans are.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Avoid the term recent. Righties will grab onto that to say hes not an eligible voter.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)I stand corrected.
Mary Mac
(323 posts)Every little bit helps.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)enough to convince them
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)Even with Trump supporters. You have to be polite.
I did have a moment tonight with a third party voter who said "it's Nader's year."
I said, "what? Nader's year?" He then hung up on me. This was a 20 something shit stain. I don't even think Nader is running anymore.
TomSlick
(11,114 posts)moonscape
(4,674 posts)so many months you earned that victory on the part of the country!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,572 posts)I hope this success is being repeated over, and over, and over again, all over America.
Again....well done!
C Moon
(12,221 posts)You're either a racist, or you aren't.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)look after their kids, etc...They don't necessarily pay attention to politics. Immigrants in particular work very long hours, hours the rest of us never would. Many work 7 days a week just to survive. A Vietnamese immigrant isn't racist, but that doesn't mean he's followed Trump co. closely. The purpose in making calls is to help people with information about how to vote, not to be judgmental. If you only want voters who live up to your standards, you will lose every election. I am sure there are many things that man knows that you or I don't have the first clue about and never will.
Sogo
(4,997 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)GOTV!!!
One person at a time!
Violet_Crumble
(35,977 posts)I really hope the hard work and patience of you and others pays off next Tuesday. I've been following the US election campaign through DU and the New York Times (I got the cheapest ever subscription!) and really do admire the patience of Democrats who try to persuade unconvinced, independents and Republicans to vote for Joe Biden. I just don't have the patience. I watched an episode of Four Corners last week about the US election and was so frustrated at the insanely stupid people who are voting for Trump that I yelled at the telly. I just don't get it. Are they blind?
Anyway, if anyone's interested in seeing how the US election is reported on elsewhere in the world, here's a link to the Four Corners episode. The woman in the big hat made me want to scratch my eyes out and howl...
Mike Nelson
(9,971 posts)... THANK YOU!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Good job.
ProfessorGAC
(65,227 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Neema
(1,151 posts)One is not voting this year, and one already voted for Biden and is super excited about it. That's two votes trump won't be getting and one vote Biden gained!
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)We hear a fair number of these conversion stories. I hope it adds up to a Biden victory.
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)denvine
(802 posts)Thank you so much for what you are doing! That is great news!