Originally Posted by
invisible
Today's knocking was interesting. As I was walking past, one girl on her porch called out to me, and asked if I was out asking people to vote for a candidate. If she was a voter, she was obviously a democrat, since she wasn't on my knock list. I walked up and gave her a piece of campaign literature, and she asked why I was out trying to get people to vote for a Republican in this neighborhood. When I explained that I lived in the neighborhood myself, told her where, and that Duane was running on a platform of criminal justice reform, her eyes widened. She asked me to convince her why she should vote for a Republican, and started grilling me (pretty brutally, too) on the issues. Eventually her brother came out and joined in. They were quite intelligent and informed. I spent a fair amount of time with them, then started to excuse myself by saying that they were welcome to call the number and talk to Duane himself if they had any further questions. She immediately picked up her phone and started dialing, and asked my name. I gave it to her and explained that he might not answer because he was out doing the very same thing, but would call back as soon as he finished talking with whoever he might be with at the moment. She left a message, and the conversation ended with her telling me that she would vote for him if he actually called her back. In talking to Duane later in the evening, he said that she not only told him that she would vote for him, but that she would also talk all her friends into voting for him as well!
At another point, while walking down the street, someone driving by stopped, pulled up next to me, and said hello. I said good afternoon, and they asked if I was out getting people to vote. He thanked me for the piece of campaign literature, said he would look into Duane, and drove off.
Duane unfortunately didn't get the funding he needed for yard signs. However, he did get enough to send out a nice mailer. I'll post pictures of it soon, it's another great piece of work. A few signs for pittman have gone up in public places, but none in anyone's yard, and there aren't very many. Someone knocking today reported seeing a mailer from pittman sticking out of someone's mailbox, so it looks like that's all her campaign has consisted of, and it's too late for her to do anything else, especially like assemble and execute a ground game. Kenny Bob Tapp is coming into town tomorrow to help knock. Some people came in from the Tulsa area today to help. It looks like we'll be able to finish covering the entire district before the election. Hopefully a well-played ground game will make the difference and put Duane over the top for a win!
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