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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUpdate on my canvassing in FL
I went again this weekend and the guy that I partnered with was new and didnt want to speak so I did most of it. I did it! I cant believe it! Spoke with so many nice and highly motivated people who plan on voting blue all the way. It was very uplifting.
I still cant better I did it. Sounds funny to brag but I am super proud of myself. 😊
Going again next weekend for sure.
SheltieLover
(58,601 posts)Awesome!
elleng
(134,770 posts)Coexist
(25,367 posts)BoRaGard
(2,175 posts)Duncanpup
(13,524 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,740 posts)Deuxcents
(18,530 posts)StarryNite
(10,425 posts)Keep up the great work!
Tweedy
(867 posts)So glad you did this. I am proud of you too
MacKasey
(1,108 posts)You did good!
Thank you for all your work!
ananda
(29,948 posts)Imo, these accounts from the ground show
a much different race than the polls!
Lonestarblue
(11,337 posts)I know it may be a long shot, but Im keeping fingers crossed that Florida turns blue.
kimbutgar
(22,495 posts)pscot
(21,030 posts)mucifer
(24,533 posts)4lbs
(7,196 posts)I (and others) jokingly call that state Flori-DUH, and the redness of the state will hopefully turn blue in November.
Wounded Bear
(60,053 posts)I know it is probably discouraging down there in FLA, but without hard work by folks like you we'll never get it to turn blue.
LetMyPeopleVote
(152,006 posts)MLAA
(18,187 posts)fierywoman
(8,001 posts)TommieMommy
(639 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,095 posts)There's a lady in my neighborhood who works with our county Democratic party & she had a registered voter list that included party, so she could make sure she got to all the registered Democrats, make sure they were voting, & ask about any neighbors that would be worth talking to, like we knew Republican neighbors who were definitely not voting for Trump, they hated him.
Justice matters.
(7,350 posts)HARD WORK IS FUN WORK
Aviation Pro
(13,027 posts)Bravo Zulu.
markie
(22,816 posts)godsentme
(97 posts)Like the others, I'm so proud of you for getting yourself out there. Thanks to your partner as well. Thank you for doing what you can for a blue victory in November!
Frank D. Lincoln
(382 posts)Well done.
iemanja
(54,050 posts)lucca18
(1,284 posts)You did a good job!
Proud of you!
Warpy
(112,782 posts)My parents lived in a red area on the east coast, but I put most of their neighbors into that "decent but wrong" category that will have a lot of them simply unable to vote for TFG when they get into that booth all by themselves.
They were the people who told me they were planning to vote Greenie in 2000 because Dubya was a moron and Cheney was a snake, but GOP down ticket because they wanted their taxes low..
Fanatical GOP cultists are still out there, so be prepared to wish them a nice day and leave if you run into any.
I don't know how much Florida is in play this year. I do know it will most likely be close.
Be nice to get rid of pRick Scott, though.
tavernier
(13,031 posts)I gave Debbie a million bucks well, close, lol. Hope she beats Nosferatu.
niyad
(118,051 posts)ailsagirl
(23,375 posts)Jarqui
(10,409 posts)All the best!
iluvtennis
(20,484 posts)Fla Dem
(25,195 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,097 posts)I did it for President Obama in '08 here in AZ. I have a high level of social anxiety so I probably won't again (my "DO SOMETHING!" this year was the essay I wrote and shared here and DU and some apolitical friends).
Thank you SO MUCH. It's hard work and super necessary.
Ilikepurple
(4 posts)We are proud of you too!
calimary
(83,453 posts)Thanks! That whole enthusiasm thing sure seems to be for real! I just keep on hearing about it. And all positive reports, too!
NoSheep
(8,259 posts)OLDMDDEM
(1,864 posts)whopis01
(3,668 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(2,273 posts)Thank you for your work.
Trueblue Texan
(2,732 posts)Some Trumpette on FB posted a photo of a margarita and said I should get a hobby (instead of discussing politics). I told her I have a hobby, it's called saving American Democracy. She thought I was full of delusions of grandeur (of course her vocab was too tiny to articulate that concept). They take so much for granted. Thank you for helping save our democracy.
MuseRider
(34,310 posts)I remember when I first started. It was HARD for me.
It all began there. Next thing you know you will be doing it again and teaching the newbies!
It is kinda fun isn't it?
Many pats on the back and THANK YOUS!
llmart
(16,144 posts)May I ask where you are canvassing? My son lives in Orlando which is mostly a blue area. He canvassed for Obama even though he had very little spare time. It makes all the difference.
sellitman
(11,646 posts)I won't hold my breath though.
Pinback
(12,690 posts)Well, it feels good to have done it! At least, thats been my experience.
Good work! And from one state to the north, thank you!!